Mary leakey was a british paleoanthropologist who, along with husband louis, made several prominent scientific discoveries. Early life mary douglas leakey was born mary douglas nicol in london, england, on february 6, 1913 She was the only child of erskine nicol, a landscape painter, and cecilia frere nicol A war that involved many countries in the world including france, great britain, russia, the united. Mary douglas (nicol) leakey was a british archaeologist and paleoanthropologist She discovered one genus, 15 new animal species, 25 early hominid remains, and numerous other fossils and tools during her career.
The leakeys louis leakey dr.louis leakey, his wife mary, their son richard and his wife meave have made some of the greatest discoveries in the study of early man Louis used to ascribe his great achievements and finds to leakey's luck. almost as important as their discoveries were the publicity and prestige they gave to their field Mary leakey, an archeologist and paleoanthropologist who devoted her life to unraveling the origin and early development of humankind, died monday in nairobi, kenya.
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