She is the daughter of richard leakey and meave leakey, and the wife of prince emmanuel de merode. Louise leakey is a famed paleontologist and the director of public education and outreach for the turkana basin institute. In addition to his many fossil and stone tool discoveries, louis leakey was a passionate naturalist, a prolific writer, and a gifted showman with a talent for publicizing scientific discoveries to a broad public audience Researcher on human origins and evolution She leads the koobi fora research project and focuses on the period between 2 and 1.5 million years ago. Learn more about natgeo paleontologist and anthropologist louise leaky and how she has continued her family's famous work in the paleoanthropology space.
Paleoanthropologist louise leakey, the granddaughter of mary and louis leakey, who first determined that early humans evolved in africa, presented a history of her family’s research in north.
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