Leakey
Olduvai Gorge excavators
Leakey is a surname associated with a family of British-Kenyan paleoanthropologists whose fossil discoveries in East Africa transformed understanding of human evolution.
Louis and Mary Leakey's work at Olduvai Gorge, and later their son Richard's finds at Lake Turkana, established Africa as the cradle of humanity: The Leakeys changed everything we know about human origins.
French royal name
- MaryCommon feminine name
- RichardMasculine name, Germanic origin
- fossilsPreserved ancient organism traces
- hominidBipedal primate family
skull · excavation · Kenya · Tanzania · toolmaking · human origins · prehistory · Rift Valley
Masculine name, Germanic origin
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- elephantsTusked, trunk-bearing mammals
- ivoryTusk-derived material
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
anti-poaching · sanctuary · Africa · endangered species · preservation · activism · environmental · protection
Louis
French royal name
- MaryCommon feminine name
- RichardMasculine name, Germanic origin
- fossilsPreserved ancient organism traces
hominid · skull · excavation · Kenya · Tanzania · toolmaking · human origins · prehistory · Rift Valley · dig site
Richard
Masculine name, Germanic origin
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- elephantsTusked, trunk-bearing mammals
- ivoryTusk-derived material
poaching · anti-poaching · sanctuary · Africa · endangered species · preservation · activism · environmental · protection · safari
- gas leakUncontrolled fuel emission
- take a leakVoid urine informally
- water leakUnwanted fluid escape
- leak outEscape or emerge slowly
- spring a leakDevelop a hole that admits fluid
- leaky faucetFaulty water fixture
leak, leaks, leaked, leaking, leaky, leakage, leaker, leakers