Mary Leakey was born Mary Douglas Nicol on February 6, 1913, in London. Her mother was Cecilia Frere, the great-granddaughter of John Frere, who had discovered prehistoric stone tools at Hoxne, Suffolk, England, in 1797. Her father was Erskine Nicol, a...

Mary Douglas Leakey (1913-1996) was a major figure in the uncovering of East African prehistory, best known for her excavations of some of the earliest members of the human family, their footprints, and their artifacts. Mary Douglas Leakey was born in...

For many years Mary Leakey lived in the shadow of her husband, Louis Leakey, whose reputation, coupled with the prejudices of the time, led him to be credited with some of his wife's discoveries in the field of early human archaeology. Yet she...

1913-1996 British Archaeologist and Anthropologist Mary Leakey made several major archaeological discoveries that shed light on the origins and prehistory of humans. Working both individually and with her husband Louis Leakey (1903-1972) in Africa, her...

For many years Mary Leakey lived in the shadow of her husband, Louis Leakey, whose reputation, coupled with the prejudices of the time, led him to be credited with some of his wife's discoveries in the field of early human archaeology. Yet she...

Mary Leakey (February 6 1913 – December 9 1996) was a British archaeologist and anthropologist, who, along with others, discovered the first skull of a fossil ape on Rusinga Island and also a noted robust Australopithecine called Zinjanthropus at...

Mary Leakey was the world's most famous palaeolithic archaeologist and finder of East African fossil hominids. With her husband, the late Louis Leakey, and later followed by her son, Richard, she was responsible in large part for the success of the "family business"...

Mary Leakey, 83, the renowned archaeologist and paleoanthropologist whose discoveries of prehistoric bones and artifacts in East Africa led to a deeper understanding of the origin and development of the human species, died Dec. 9 in Nairobi. She helped establish the earliest known...

Today is Saturday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2006. There are 22 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 9, 1854, Alfred, Lord Tennyson's famous poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade," was published in England.On this date:In 1608, English poet John...