Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our evolutionary history.

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 ...

Richard Leakey: Trailblazing fossil hunter and champion of animal conservation The Kenyan paleoanthropologist who dabbled in politics goes down as one of the most influential figures in the field ...

Richard Leakey, the world-famous paleontologist responsible for some of the most important fossil finds, died at the age of 77 this past Sunday.

Richard Leakey, a member a renowned family of fossil hunters in Kenya, who discovered skeletal remains that illuminated the study of human origins and became a best-selling author, television host ...

Richard Leakey, a Kenyan paleoanthropologist and fossil hunter whose discoveries of ancient human skulls and skeletons helped cement Africa's place as the cradle of humanity, died Sunday in Kenya ...

Leakey, whose famous parents, Louis and Mary Leakey, made profound contributions to the understanding of human evolution through key fossil finds of early hominids, also made important discoveries of ...

Leakey, whose famous parents, Louis and Mary Leakey, made profound contributions to the understanding of human evolution through key fossil finds of early hominids, also made important discoveries ...

Richard Leakey, Kenyan wildlife conservationist, places a rhino horn to be burned at the zoo in Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic, in 2017. Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in ...

Richard Leakey, world-renowned fossil-hunter and conservationist, dies at 77 Leakey made important contributions to our understanding of human origins through his fossil finds. He later gained ...

Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in his native Kenya, has died at 77. Richard Leakey, the world-renowned paleoanthropologist-turned-conservationist, has died at 77.