Birthdate: February 6, 1913
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 9, 1996
Mary Leakey was a pioneering British paleoanthropologist known for significant discoveries in the field. She uncovered fossils of ancient hominines and the earliest hominins, as well as stone tools. Leakey developed a classification system for these tools and discovered the Laetoli footprints, pushing the understanding of human evolution back millions of years. She discovered fifteen new animal species, leading to the naming of a new genus. After her husband’s passing, she took over as director of excavations at Olduvai and trained her son, Richard, in paleoanthropology.
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