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Mary Douglas Leakey, FBA (née Nicol, 6 February 1913 – 9 December 1996) was a British paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilised Proconsul skull, an extinct ape which is now believed to be ancestral to humans.
Apr 2, 2014 · Mary Leakey was a British paleoanthropologist who, along with husband Louis, made several prominent scientific discoveries. Updated: Mar 30, 2021.
Feb 6, 2022 · By 1976, at age 63, Mary Leakey had already earned a reputation as an anthropologist and an expert on the origin of man. Along with her husband, Louis Leakey, she studied fossils in Africa for over 40 years.
Mary Leakey’s Husband (Sort of) Took Credit For Her Groundbreaking Work On Humanity’s Origins. Leakey and her husband, Louis Leakey, were a paleoanthropology power couple
Mary Leakey, one of the world's most renowned hunters of early human fossils, died in Nairobi on December 9, 1996, at the age of 83.
Mary and Louis Leakey raised three sons, who lived with them in the field — Jonathan, Richard, and Philip. These sons stayed in Kenya as grown men, and Richard carried on his parents’ work on human origins, making his first major find in 1972.
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Feb 6, 2013 · Despite her legacy, there are some feminists who characterized Mary Leakey as an under-appreciated woman in a man’s field. They note that her field partner and husband, Louis Leakey, would...
