The mission of the Leakey Foundation is to increase scientific knowledge and public understanding of human origins and evolution.

Categorical Index | Cafe | Library | Gallery | Cafe Music | Lucidcafe Home | September 3, 1999 Louis S.B. Leakey Anthropologist 1903 - 1972 Louis S. B. Leakey was born in Kenya, Africa on August 7, 1903. His parents were British missionaries. Leakey was largely responsible for convincing scientists that Africa was the most significant area to search for evidence of human origins. Most ...

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972) British / Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist who became famous for his academic work centered on human origins. Louis Leakey, his wife Mary, and their second son Richard made the key discoveries that ...