In this video, we explore the timeline of human evolution, specifically focusing on the creation of the first stone tools. The Oldowan stone tools, discovered by archaeologist Louis Leakey in the ...

Dr Louis Leakey is honoured for establishing the evolution of mankind began in Africa.

Paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey, the granddaughter of Mary and Louis Leakey, who first determined that early humans evolved in Africa, presented a history of her family’s research in north ...

In 1931, at the age of 28, Louis Leakey made his first trip to Olduvai Gorge, in what is now Tanzania. His goal: to prove that Africa – specifically East Africa, where he had been born and grown ...

Back then, female role models in the field were non-existent. Thankfully, her father, and later Louis Leakey, a famous Kenyan paleontologist, filled that gap.

Back then, female role models in the field were non-existent. Thankfully, her father, and later Louis Leakey, a famous Kenyan paleontologist, filled that gap.

Before she met and was encouraged by paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey in Africa, she worked as a waitress and a typist and at a zoo.

The Calico Early Man Site is one of the most significant archaeological sites in the U.S. and made famous by the world-renowned paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey.