English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944).

synonyms: Richard Erskine Leakey, Richard Leakey.

English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996).

synonyms: Mary Douglas Leakey, Mary Leakey.

English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972).

synonyms: Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey.