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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. She also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, eastern Africa.
Mary Douglas Leakey was an English-born archaeologist and paleoanthropologist, a member of the distinguished Leakey family of scholars and researchers, who made several fossil finds of great importance in the understanding of human evolution. Her early finds were interpreted and publicized by her.
Apr 2, 2014 · Mary Leakey was a paleoanthropologist who is best known for making several prominent archaeological and anthropological discoveries throughout the latter half of the 20th century.
Dec 16, 1996 · 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. Crowning triumphs of her long career included such finds as...
Mary Douglas Leakey was recognized in her lifetime as one of the world’s most distinguished fossil hunters. Because of her many important discoveries and her dedication to field research, she is considered a giant in the study of human origins.
May 23, 2018 · Mary Leakey was a major figure in the uncovering of East African prehistory, best known for her excavations (digging for fossils) of some of the earliest members of the human family, their footprints, and their artifacts (any tools, weapons, or other items made by humans).
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 Douglas Leakey (née Nicol) (February 6, 1913 – December 9, 1996) was a British physical anthropologist and the wife of Louis Leakey, famous for her discovery of Homo habilis and the "Laetoli footprints."
Dec 10, 1996 · Mary Leakey, matriarch of the famous fossil-hunting family in Africa whose own reputation in paleoanthropology soared with discoveries of bones, stone tools and the footprints of early human...
Dec 10, 1996 · Mary Leakey, an archaeologist and paleoanthropologist who devoted her life to unraveling the origin and early development of mankind and single-handedly pushed that evolution back millions of...
