Richard Leakey, the world-renowned paleoanthropologist-turned-conservationist, has died at 77. Leakey was a native Kenyan. His death was announced late Sunday by the country's president, Uhuru ...

The first Rae Dorough Speakers Series of the new year at the Bankhead Theater will feature paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey, daughter of famed anthropologists Meave and Richard Leakey, who ...

Richard Leakey says that his biopic "Nairobi" which will be directed by Angelina Jolie will go ahead A film to be directed by actor Angelina Jolie about the life of Kenyan conservationist Richard ...

Conservationist Richard Leakey congratulates Kamoya Kimeu, a Kenyan palaeontologist after he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Case Western Reserve University in the US for his contribution to ...

In his life, Richard Leakey has been both a politician and ecologist; the son of famous anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey, he’s also an evolutionary biologist who invented the term “the sixth ...

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World-renowned paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey will co-host a first-ever gathering of international experts to share their latest research on Peking Man, a close ancestor of humans who is believed ...

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Richard Erskine Frere Leakey FRS (born 19 December 1944) is a Kenyan palaeoanthropologist, conservationist and politician. Leakey has held a number of official positions in Kenya, mostly in ...