Leakey — synonyms, definition

1. Leakey (Noun)

6 synonyms
Louis Leakey Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey Mary Douglas Leakey Mary Leakey Richard Erskine Leakey Richard Leakey
3 definitions

Leakey (Noun) — English palaeontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996).

Leakey (Noun) — English palaeontologist (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).

Leakey (Noun) — English palaeontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972).

4 types of
anthropologist fossilist palaeontologist paleontologist