Richard Leakey

Richard Erskine Frere Leakey FRS 19 December 1944 2 January 2022 was a Kenyan palaeoanthropologist conservationist and politician. The death of the native Kenyan was announced late Sunday by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

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Richard Leakey Richard Erskine Frere Leakey second son of Louis and Mary was born on December 19 1944.

. Leakey held a number of official positions in Kenya mostly in institutions of archaeology and wildlife conservation. From transforming the study of early humans to working to save the elephants he was a. 1 day agoRichard Leakey the chairman of the Kenyan Wildlife Service with Uhuru Kenyatta the president of Kenya in 2016 with piles of ivory and rhino horn confiscated from smugglers and poachers.

He participated in his parents field expeditions from an early age and was therefore well-placed to inherit their legacy. 1 day agoRichard Leakey Kenyan Fossil Hunter and Conservationist Dies at 77 His discoveries of ancient human skulls and skeletons including the famed Turkana Boy helped cement Africas standing as the. 1 day agoRichard Leakey trailblazing conservationist and fossil hunter dies at 77.

1 day agoRichard Leakey is perhaps best known for his discovery of fossils particularly the 1984 excavation of the bones of Turkana Boy a nearly complete skeleton of a young male Homo erectus dating to. 1 day agoRichard Leakey the world-renowned paleoanthropologist-turned-conservationist has died at 77.

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