Louis Leakey

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

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I didn't want to become a professor or get tenure or teach or anything. All I wanted to do was get a degree because Louis Leakey said I needed one, which was right, and once I succeeded I could get back to the field. Jane Goodall

In response to Goodall's revolutionary findings, Louis Leakey wrote, "We must now redefine man, redefine tool, or accept chimpanzees as human!" Source: Internet

OH 7 OH 7 dates to 1.75 million years old, and was discovered by Mary and Louis Leakey on November 4, 1960 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Source: Internet

The same year, Louis Leakey found older, more primitive stone tools in Olduvai Gorge. Source: Internet

Louis Leakey provided something of an answer by proving that man evolved in Africa. Source: Internet

Mary was working alone, as Louis Leakey was ill in camp. Source: Internet

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