Louise Leakey

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Louise Leakey, (born 21 March 1972) is a Kenyan paleontologist. She does research and field work on human fossils in Eastern Africa.[1]

Biography

Louise Leakey was born in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa in 1972, the same year that her grandfather Louis Leakey died. She first became actively involved in fossil discoveries in 1977, at the age of six, when she became the youngest person to find a hominoid fossil.[2]

Louise Leakey received her International Baccalaureate from United World College of the Atlantic, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Biology from the University of Bristol. Later, she received a PhD degree from the University College, London.[citation needed]

In 1993, Louise Leakey joined her mother Meave Leakey, as a co-leader of the paleontological expeditions in Northern Kenya. The Koobi Fora research project, has been the main program behind some of the most notable hominid fossil discoveries of the past two decades, the most recent being Kenyanthropus platyops.[1]

Louise Leakey has been behind an initiative to place digital models of the fossil collections in a virtual laboratory AfricanFossils.org where models can be downloaded, 3D Printed or cut in cardboard for reassembly.

In 2003, Louise Leakey married Emmanuel de Merode, a Belgian primatologist. They have two daughters: Seiyia de Merode; born in 2004; and Alexia de Merode; born in 2006.[3]

Genealogy

 
Frida Avern
 
Louis Leakey
 
Mary Leakey, nee Nichol
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Colin Leakey
 
Meave Epps
 
Richard Leakey
 
Margaret Cropper
 
Jonathan Leakey
 
Philip Leakey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Louise Leakey
 
Emmanuel de Mérode
 
 
 
 

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mitchell, Ryan 2003. Anthropologist Louise Leakey carries "family banner".
  2. ↑ Pearson, Stephanie (2003-12). "Louise Leakey" in "XX Factor". Outside Magazine, December 2003. Retrieved from http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/xx-factor/123394128.html.
  3. ↑ Bowman-Kruhm, Mary (2005). The Leakeys: A Biography. ISBN 0-313-32985-0.

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