MARY DOUGLAS LEAKEY
Name: Mary Leakey
Born: 6 February 1913
Died: 9 December 1996
Mary Leakey (February 6, 1913 - December 9, 1996) was a British archaeologist
and anthropologist, who discovered the first skull of a fossil ape on Rusinga
Island and also a noted robust Australopithecine called Zinjanthropus at Olduvai.
For much of her career she worked together with her husband, Louis Leakey, in
Olduvai Gorge, uncovering the tools and fossils of ancient hominines. She
developed a system for classifying the stone tools found at Olduvai. She also
discovered the Laetoli footprints. In 1960 she became director of excavation at
Olduvai and subsequently took it over, building her own staff. After the death
of her husband she became a leading palaeoanthropologist, helping to establish
the Leakey tradition by training her son, Richard, in the field.
Name: Mary Leakey
Born: 6 February 1913
Died: 9 December 1996
Mary Leakey (February 6, 1913 - December 9, 1996) was a British archaeologist
and anthropologist, who discovered the first skull of a fossil ape on Rusinga
Island and also a noted robust Australopithecine called Zinjanthropus at Olduvai.
For much of her career she worked together with her husband, Louis Leakey, in
Olduvai Gorge, uncovering the tools and fossils of ancient hominines. She
developed a system for classifying the stone tools found at Olduvai. She also
discovered the Laetoli footprints. In 1960 she became director of excavation at
Olduvai and subsequently took it over, building her own staff. After the death
of her husband she became a leading palaeoanthropologist, helping to establish
the Leakey tradition by training her son, Richard, in the field.