Synonyms for leakey
ˈli kileakey

Princeton's WordNet

1. Leakey, Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakeynoun

   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)

2. Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakeynoun

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

3. Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakeynoun

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

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1. • Anthropologist
   • Paleontologist

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1. Jeremy DeSilva:

   Mary Leakey made exquisitely detailed maps of the footprint localities. From Mary Leakey map, we were able to approximate where the tracks should be. We began to dig, hoping for the best, but fearing instead that forty years of seasonal rains had washed them away, the soil was hard as cement and it took a hammer and chisel to reach the footprint layer, which we then needed to excavate delicately with a hard-bristled brush and tongue depressor. Fortunately, the footprints were beautifully preserved.