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Aug 7, 2021 · On August 7, 1903, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and archaeologist Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey was born. Louis Leakey ‘s work was important in establishing human evolutionary development in Africa, particularly through his discoveries in the Olduvai Gorge. We’ve already had posts about his wife Mary Leakey, as well as two other famous women, whose life is connected with Louis Leakey: Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall. Having been a prime mover in establishing a tradition of palaeoanthropological ...
Aug 7, 2003 · Today marks 100 years since the birth of Louis Leakey, the patriarch of the first family of human fossils. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports for National Geographic Radio Expeditions.
Aug 7, 2019 · We celebrate the tremendous contributions of Dr. Louis Leakey, Dr. Jane Goodall's mentor who helps us redefine what it means to be human.
When Louis Leakey and Mary Nicol first met, he asked her to help with illustrations for his upcoming (1934) book Adam's Ancestors: An Up-to-Date Outline of What is Known about the Origin of Man ...
Louis Leakey. Kenya. Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey ( 7 august 1903 – 1 octombrie 1972) a fost un antropolog, arheolog, paleoantropolog și paleontolog kenian, de origine britanică, ale cărui contribuții, descoperiri, teze și promovări de noi talente la teza evoluției umane, având ca „ leagăn al omenirii” — Africa, au fost esențiale.
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (født 7. august 1903 i Kenya, død 1. oktober 1972 i London) var en engelsk antropolog og arkæolog, hvis fund lagde 1 million år til menneskets historie. I årene 1960 - 1963 fandt han nemlig i Olduvai-slugten i Tanzania forsteninger af menneskeknogler og primitive redskaber af sten, som kunne dateres til at være ...
Apr 24, 1998 · Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey was born on August 7, 1903 at Kabete Mission, nine miles from Nairobi, Kenya. His parents, Harry and Mary Leakey, were English missionaries to the Kikuyu tribe, and despite brief stays in England during his childhood, Louis grew up more African than English. He played with Africans, learned to hunt, spoke Kikuyu as ...
