Definitions of Leakey
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English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
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synonyms:
Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
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anthropologist
a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
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fossilist, palaeontologist, paleontologist
a specialist in paleontology
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anthropologist
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English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
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synonyms:
Mary Douglas Leakey, Mary Leakey
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example of:
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anthropologist
a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
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fossilist, palaeontologist, paleontologist
a specialist in paleontology
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anthropologist
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English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)
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synonyms:
Richard Erskine Leakey, Richard Leakey
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example of:
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anthropologist
a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
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fossilist, palaeontologist, paleontologist
a specialist in paleontology
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anthropologist
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