Definitions for Mary Leakey
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1. Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakeynoun

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

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1. mary leakey

   Mary Leakey was a British paleoanthropologist and archaeologist known for her significant work in the study of early human evolution in Africa. She was born on February 6, 1913, as Mary Douglas Nicol and died on December 9, 1996. Along with her husband, Louis Leakey, she made several prominent fossil discoveries that have greatly contributed to our understanding of human evolution. Notably, she discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull, an extinct ape which is now believed to be ancestral to humans. She also discovered the Laetoli footprints, a highly significant find that proved early hominids walked upright.

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1. Mary Leakey

   Mary Leakey was a British paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilized Proconsul skull, an extinct ape now believed to be ancestral to humans. She also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge. For much of her career she worked together with her husband, Louis Leakey, in the Olduvai Gorge, in eastern Africa, uncovering the tools and fossils of ancient hominines. She developed a system for classifying the stone tools found at Olduvai. She also discovered the Laetoli footprints. It was here, at the Laetoli site, that she discovered Hominin fossils that were more than 3.75 million-years-old. She also discovered fifteen new species of other animals, and one new genus. In 1960 she became director of excavation at Olduvai and subsequently took it over, building her own staff. After the death of her husband, she became a leading palaeoanthropologist, helping to establish the Leakey tradition by training her son, Richard, in the field.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mary Leakey in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of Mary Leakey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Mary Leakey in a Sentence

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   Mary Leakey made exquisitely detailed maps of the footprint localities. From Mary Leakey map, we were able to approximate where the tracks should be. We began to dig, hoping for the best, but fearing instead that forty years of seasonal rains had washed them away, the soil was hard as cement and it took a hammer and chisel to reach the footprint layer, which we then needed to excavate delicately with a hard-bristled brush and tongue depressor. Fortunately, the footprints were beautifully preserved.

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