Louise Leakey

Louise Leakey

Louise Leakey (1972-) is a paleontologist from Kenya. She does research and field work related to human fossils in Eastern Africa. Together with her mother, Meave Leakey, she leads the Koobi Fora research project. Her father is Richard Leakey, whose parents Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey are also famous paleontologists. In 1977, at the age of six, she became the youngest person to find hominid fossils [http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200312/200312_xx_6.html XX Factor] .

Louise Leakey received her IB from Atlantic College, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Biology from University of Bristol. Later she got a PhD degree from University of London.

Louise Leakey was born in Kenya in 1972, the same year as her grandfather Louis Leakey died. She married Emmanuel de Merode, a Belgian primatologist in 2003. Their daughter Seiya was born in 2004 ["The Leakeys: A Biography" ISBN 0-31332-985-0] .

References

ee also

* List of fossil sites "(with link directory)"
* List of hominina (hominid) fossils "(with images)"

External links

* [http://www.kfrp.com Koobi Fora Research Project]
* [http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/foundation/f1_7.jsp Leakey Foundation]
*http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/11/1104_031104_louiseleakey.html
* [http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/louise_leakey_digs_for_humanity_s_origins.html Louise Leakey talk at TED, February 2008]


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