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History of Scientific Thought Charboneau Learning Center Greenfield, MA Morning Pre-GED Class |
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THE LEAKEY
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A Family of Diggers! |
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Louis Leakey Mary Leakey-Wife of Louis Leakey Richard Leakey-Son of Louis and Mary Leakey Meave Leakey-Wife of Richard Leakey Louise Leakey-Daughter of Louis and Mary Leakey Rank #39 |
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Louis Leakey-1903-1972, Kenya Mary Leakey-1913-1996, East Anglia Richard Leakey-1944, Kenya Meave Leakey-1942, London Louise Leakey-1972, Kenya |
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THE ATOMIC AGE THE SPACE AGE World War 1 World War 2 The War of Operation Iraqi Freedom The Columbine School Shooting The Oklahoma bombing |
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Biographical Information Louis Leakey Louis's Parents were missionaries He went to
secondary school and University in England He died of a heart attack in 1972 Mary LeakeyHer specialty was in the early stone age She was expert
at drawing early tools and other artifacts She worked as an illustrator at the Hembury Dig in Devon,
England at the age of 17 Richard Leakey
He dropped out
of school to lead photo safari's in the early
1960's In 1970 he
married a paleontologist, named Meave Epps Meave Leakey
In 1989 she became the coordinator of the national museums of Kenya's paleontological field research in the Turkana Basin She has written
more then 50 scientific articles and books Louise Leakey
She received a bachelor of science degree in geology and
biology She is focusing
on constructing a research station at Koobi Fora, East Turkana as of right
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Accomplishments and Discoveries
Louis Leakey
He wrote a book called "an up-to-date outline of what is known about the origin of man He joined a
fossil finding expedition which is now Tanzania In 1948 he reported finding a 20 million year old skull, which he named Proconsul Africanus Mary Leakey
She found fossils belonging to a species of Australopithecus She found 25
early hominids and an array of 15 new animal species Richard LeakeyHe made his first fossil find at the age of six (The fossil he found was a part of an extinct giant pig) He worked for the center for pre-history and paleontology which his father had established in Nairobi At the age of 23 he became an administrative director of
the National Museum of Kenya He confirmed that human evolution began in Africa He and his team of paleoanthropologists unearthed more than 200 fossils. The most famous was a homo-erectus roughly 1.6 million years old, and it is one of the most complete skeletons ever found Meave Leakey
She discovered a 3.5 million year old skull and partial jaw believed to belong to a new branch of early hominids Louise Leakey
She participated in the discovery of kenyanthropus platyops |
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Profiler’s Name-Danielle M.
Haskell
Date Done: May 13, 2003