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Leakey

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Leakey
1. Louis Seymour Bazett . 1903--72, British anthropologist and archaeologist, settled in Kenya. He discovered fossil remains of manlike apes in E Africa
2. his son Richard. born 1944, Kenyan anthropologist, who discovered the remains of primitive man over 2 million years old in E Africa


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Despite Goodall's lack of science education, Louis Leakey hired her to help him study the social life and behavior of chimpanzees.
Nairobi's National Museum of Kenya is preparing to reopen in 2007 with a special "Origins of Man" exhibit featuring bones and skulls, many of which were discovered by paleontologists Louis and Mary Leakey.
According to Richard Leakey, the famous archaeologist who served as head of the Kenya Wildlife Service, "Our dry months are longer, they're hotter and the dessication of the land in dry weather is worse.
 
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