When famed paleontologist Mary Leakey first uncovered the footprints in Tanzania 40 years ago, the evidence was ambiguous. (Ellison McNutt/Dartmouth College via AP) AP.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Paleontologist Richard Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in his native Kenya, has died at 77, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Sunday evening ...

When famed paleontologist Mary Leakey first uncovered the footprints in Tanzania 40 years ago, the evidence was ambiguous. Leakey focused her attention instead on other fossil footprints that ...

Today is the 105th birthday of legendary paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey, ... She had already established a reputation as an artist when she met paleontologist Louis Leakey socially in 1934.

When Louis Leakey and Mary Nicol first met, he asked her to help with illustrations for his upcoming (1934) book Adam's Ancestors: An Up-to-Date Outline of What is Known about the Origin of Man ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — In the first of his several professional lives, Richard Leakey helped unravel the origins of humans in east Africa. In the second, he emerged as a leading wildlife ...

Leakey was a high school dropout turned paleontologist, thanks to informal tutoring from his parents, renowned archaeologists Mary and Louis Leakey, themselves known for finding fossils and ...

When famed paleontologist Mary Leakey first uncovered the footprints in Tanzania 40 years ago, the evidence was ambiguous. Leakey focused her attention instead on other fossil footprints that ...

Mary Leakey (1913-1996), ... An archaeologist introduced her to Cambridge University paleontologist Louis Leakey, who needed an illustrator for his book Adam’s Ancestors (1934).

When Louis Leakey and Mary Nicol first met, he asked her to help with illustrations for his upcoming (1934) book Adam's Ancestors: An Up-to-Date Outline of What is Known about the Origin of Man ...

Sweet Fern Productions - Mary Leakey and the Laetoli Footprints Rough Video Cut 09/03/15 Narrators: Meave Leakey, Stony Brook University Ian Tattersall, American Museum of Natural History Pat ...