Meave Leakey
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Meave (Epps) Leakey (born 1942 in London, England) is together with her husband Richard Leakey one of the most renowned British paleontologists. She studies the origin of mankind in Africa.
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[edit] Flat-Faced Man of Kenya
Dr. Leakey’s research team at Lake Turkana, Kenya made a discovery in 1999 that completely changed our understanding of early human ancestry. They found a 3.5 million-year-old skull and partial jaw thought to belong to a new branch of our early human family. She named the find Kenyanthropus platyops, or flat-faced man of Kenya.
[edit] Personal life
Meave Leakey is married to Richard Leakey, a famous paleontologist. They have two children, Louise (born 1972) and Samira (born 1974). Her daughter Louise Leakey continues family traditions by conducting paleontological research.
[edit] Books by Dr. Leakey
- Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa by John Harris and Meave Leakey, Eds. (December 2001).
- Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Pliocene and Pleistocene Localities West of Lake Turkana, Kenya by John Harris, Meave Leakey, Eds. et al. (October 1988).
- The Fossil Hominids and an Introduction to Their Context, 1968-1974 (Koobi For a Research Project, Vol. 1) by Meave Leakey, Richard E. Leakey, Eds. (May 1978).
- Koobi Fora Research Project (Koobi Fora, Researches into Geology, Palaeontology, and Human Origins) by Meave Leakey, ed. et al (Out of Print).
[edit] See Also
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
- List of hominina (hominid) fossils (with images)
