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Definition of Leakey
1. Noun. English paleontologist (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).
Exact synonyms: Richard Erskine Leakey, Richard Leakey
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist, Fossilist, Palaeontologist, Paleontologist
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist, Fossilist, Palaeontologist, Paleontologist
2. Noun. English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996).
Exact synonyms: Mary Douglas Leakey, Mary Leakey
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist, Fossilist, Palaeontologist, Paleontologist
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist, Fossilist, Palaeontologist, Paleontologist
3. Noun. English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972).
Exact synonyms: Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist, Fossilist, Palaeontologist, Paleontologist
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist, Fossilist, Palaeontologist, Paleontologist