Noun Definition

leakey

1.Definition: 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)

Related Noun(s):richard erskine leakey, richard leakey

Category: People

2.Definition: English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)

Related Noun(s):mary douglas leakey, mary leakey

Category: People

3.Definition: English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)

Related Noun(s):louis leakey

Category: People