Louis Leakey
Louis Leakey
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, also known as L. S. B. Leakey, was a Kenyan paleoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge with his wife, fellow paleontologist Mary Leakey. Having established a program of palaeoanthropological inquiry in eastern Africa, he also motivated many future generations to continue this scholarly work. Several members of Leakey's family became prominent scholars themselves...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth7 August 1903
CityKabete, Kenya
Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.
The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done.
South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century.
The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics.
To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.
The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose.
Eloquent testimony to the recovery powers of wild animals frequently becomes apparent from the study of skeletons housed in museums.
Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.
We set up the promised clinic for the sick and wounded Masai.
The Foxhall jaw has now been missing for many years.
Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya.
There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating.
Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America.
I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At that moment it reared up in front of me-the biggest python I had ever seen!