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louis leakey

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1. Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakeynoun

   English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)

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1. Louis Leakey

   Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 – 1 October 1972) was a Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge with his wife, fellow palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey. Having established a programme of palaeoanthropological inquiry in eastern Africa, he also motivated many future generations to continue this scholarly work. Several members of the Leakey family became prominent scholars themselves.Another of Leakey's legacies stems from his role in fostering field research of primates in their natural habitats, which he saw as key to understanding human evolution. He personally focused on three female researchers, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birutė Galdikas, calling them "The Trimates." Each went on to become an important scholar in the field of primatology. Leakey also encouraged and supported many other PhD candidates, most notably from the University of Cambridge. As well, Leakey played a role in creating organizations for future research in Africa and for protecting wildlife there.

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1. louis leakey

   Louis Leakey was a British archaeologist and paleoanthropologist who is most famously known for his fossil discoveries in East Africa, which provided significant evidence about the evolution of human beings. His work, along with his wife Mary Leakey, revolutionized the understanding of human origins. He is also credited with establishing the Leakey Foundation to support the study of human prehistory. He was born in 1903 in British East Africa (now Kenya) and died in 1972.

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1. Louis Leakey

   Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey was a British archaeologist and naturalist whose work was important in establishing human evolutionary development in Africa, particularly through his discoveries in the Olduvai Gorge. He also played a major role in creating organizations for future research in Africa and for protecting wildlife there. Having been a prime mover in establishing a tradition of palaeoanthropological inquiry, he was able to motivate the next generation to continue it, notably within his own family, many of whom also became prominent. Leakey participated in national events of British East Africa and Kenya during the 1950s. In natural philosophy he asserted Charles Darwin's theory of evolution unswervingly and set about to prove Darwin's hypothesis that humans arose in Africa. Leakey was also a devout Christian.

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1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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