Had it not been for his father Louis Leakey’s swift injection with an anti-venom, Richard shuddered to think of what would have happened. Years later, his kidney malfunctioned and doctors said ...

Louis pursued a breathtaking range of interests ... Inspired by his father’s work on human origins, third son Richard Leakey has achieved fame for his own fossil discoveries.

They and their children (especially Richard and his wife Meave) became known as the first family of paleontology. Louis Leakey was born in 1903 in Kenya, where his English parents were missionaries.

The co-recipient (together with Louis) of the 1962 Hubbard Medal - the highest honour from the National Geographic Society - had three children: Jonathan, Richard and Philip Leakey. Jonathan ...

Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, whose surname is tantamount to ... study of the human fossil record -- as the middle son of Louis and Mary Leakey, one of the most famous couples in history ...

“I was really lucky,” she says, “because Louis Leakey believed that women would make better observers in the field than men. He thought that they would be more patient.” In She Walks With ...

They and their children (especially Richard and his wife Meave) became known as the first family of paleontology. Louis Leakey was born in 1903 in Kenya, where his English parents were missionaries.