Leakey Richard
Date Submitted: 04/28/2003 09:40:33
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 2 pages (461 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 2 pages (461 words)
Richard Leakey- Homo habilis
Richard Leakey was born December 19, 1944 in Nairobi, Kenya. His parents were the esteemed anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey. Richard first became a tour guide in Kenya, but changed his mind when he found an extinct human jaw. He then schooled himself by completing a two-year secondary education program in six months. From 1967-77 he and his co-workers dug up around 400 fossils, that accounted for 230 individuals. The most important discovery was an …
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…of the skull vault and face are unlike that of Australopithec- ines.
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