Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Family of British and Kenyan archaeologists, anthropologists, and paleontologists, including Louis (1903–1972), who used a series of fossil discoveries in Tanzania made largely by his wife Mary (1913–1996) to argue influentially that humans had evolved in Africa. Several members of their family have continued their research.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)
- noun English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
- noun English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Leakey.
Examples
-
She also acknowledged Leakey’s involvement in setting up her research (Osborn 1963), and Leakey is also acknowledged by Goodall as initially suggesting that she might study the chimps she eventually became so acquainted with (van Lawick-Goodall 1971).
Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006
-
Leakey and his wife Katy - an artist who baby-sat for Jane Goodall and led a cultural expedition up the Amazon - have created an enterprise called the Leakey Collection, which employs up to 1,200 of the local Maasai, and sells designer jewelry and household items around the world.
NYT > Home Page By DAVID BROOKS 2011
-
Another Kenyan entrepreneur we met this morning is Katy Leakey.
Lindsay Maines: Creativity, Energy and Extra-Ordinaryness in Kenya Lindsay Maines 2011
-
Leakey even suggested a raised road, elevated as it crosses the Serengeti so that the animals could move freely below it.
Serengeti highway threatens national park's wildebeest migration 2011
-
Her business was founded in 2002 by Katy and her husband, Philip Leakey.
Lindsay Maines: Creativity, Energy and Extra-Ordinaryness in Kenya Lindsay Maines 2011
-
Her business was founded in 2002 by Katy and her husband, Philip Leakey.
Lindsay Maines: Creativity, Energy and Extra-Ordinaryness in Kenya Lindsay Maines 2011
-
Beads for Learning bracelets from The Leakey Collection yes, that Leakey make a perfect teacher gift or stocking stuffer.
Lois Alter Mark: Shop With a Conscience This Holiday Season Lois Alter Mark 2011
-
Conservationist Richard Leakey has weighed in, pointing out that the road is intended to allow the towns it links to grow.
Serengeti highway threatens national park's wildebeest migration 2011
-
Beads for Learning bracelets from The Leakey Collection yes, that Leakey make a perfect teacher gift or stocking stuffer.
Lois Alter Mark: Shop With a Conscience This Holiday Season Lois Alter Mark 2011
-
Shockingly, he has even seemed to enjoy the museums, like the one in Dar Es Salaam where we got a private showing of the Australopithecus skull found by Louis and Mary Leakey in Olduvai Gorge.
The 'Trip': So Far, So Good for Both of Us Stephen Kreider Yoder 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.