1913 - 1996
Mary Leakey British Anthropologist
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Mary Leakey was previously married to Louis Leakey (1936 - 1972).
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British Anthropologist Mary Leakey was born Mary Douglas Nicol on 6th February, 1913 in London, England and passed away on 9th Dec 1996 Nairobi, Kenya aged 83. She is most remembered for She discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull, an extinct ape now believed to be ancestral to humans, and also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge. She also discovered the Laetoli footprints.. Her zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Mary Leakey is a member of the following lists: 1913 births, 1996 deaths and 20th-century women writers.
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Relationship Statistics
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Married | 1 |
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Details
First Name |
Mary
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Last Name |
Leakey
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Full Name at Birth |
Mary Douglas Nicol
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Birthday |
6th February, 1913
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Birthplace |
London, England
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Died |
9th December, 1996
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Place of Death |
Nairobi, Kenya
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Build |
Average
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Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
British
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Occupation Text |
Archeologist
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Occupation |
Anthropologist
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Claim to Fame |
She discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull, an extinct ape now believed to be ancestral to humans, and also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge. She also discovered the Laetoli footprints.
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Family Member |
Jonathan Leakey (son) (Paleoanthropologist), Richard Leakey (son) (Paleoanthropologist), Philip Leakey (son)
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Associated People |
Mortimer Wheeler (teacher)
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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. For much of her career she worked with her husband, Louis Leakey, at Olduvai Gorge, where they uncovered fossils of ancient hominines and the earliest hominins, as well as the stone tools produced by the latter group. Mary Leakey developed a system for classifying the stone tools found at Olduvai. She discovered the Laetoli footprints, and at the Laetoli site she discovered hominin fossils that were more than 3.75 million years old.