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LeakeyLea‧key /ˈliːki/ a family of British scientists working in the area of paleontology (=the study of ancient animals and plants that have been preserved in rock): Mary Leakey (1913–96) , her husband Louis Leakey (1903–72) , and their son Richard Leakey (1944–) , all of whom discovered many fossils and human bones in Tanzania which have provided important information about how humans first developed |