Kenya: Richard Leakey - Fossil Hunter Who Helped Prove Humans Evolved in Africa, Dies At 77

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Kenya: Richard Leakey - Fossil Hunter Who Helped Prove Humans Evolved in Africa, Dies At 77

[DW] Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey was the middle son of world-renowned anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey. He helped uncover evidence to prove humankind evolved in Africa.

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Henry Louis Gates

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Smythe, John Henry (1915-1996)

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