[WORLDKINGS] Journey to seek extraordinary record holders around the world (P.64) - Louis Leakey: Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist, who contributed greatly for the study of human origin.

09-09-2020

(WorldKings.org) Louis Leakey, in full Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, also called Louis S.B. Leakey, (born August 7, 1903, Kabete, Kenya—died October 1, 1972, London, England), Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist whose fossil discoveries in East Africa proved that human beings were far older than had previously been believed and that human evolution was centred in Africa, rather than in Asia, as earlier discoveries had suggested. Leakey was also noted for his controversial interpretations of these archaeological finds.