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)
[ Syn: leakey , richard leakey , richard erskine leakey ]
English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1, 750, 000 years old (1913-1996)
[ Syn: leakey , mary leakey , mary douglas leakey ]
English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
[ Syn: leakey , louis leakey , louis seymour bazett leakey ]