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Born This Day: Mary Leakey
Source info:
| Author: | Michael J. Ryan, Ph.D. |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2016-02-06 14:00:00 |
| Blog: | Palaeoblog  |
| URL: | http://palaeoblog.blogspot.com/2016/02/born-this-day-mary-leakey.html |
Summary:
Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (Feb. 6, 1913 – Dec. 9, 1996) was in London, England. She meet her future husband, Louis Leakey, when he asked her to illustrate his book, 'Adam’s Ancestors'. Mary and Louis spent from 1935 to 1959 at Olduvai Gorge in the Serengeti Plains of northern Tanzania where they worked to reconstruct many Stone Age cultures dating as far back as 100,000 to two million years ago.Content analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | GB | 51.5077 | -0.12797 |
| Serengeti | TZ | -2.00834 | 34.7164 |
Keywords:
Douglas Nicol Leakey, future husband, Louis Leakey, northern Tanzania, Olduvai Gorge, Serengeti Plains, Stone Age
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