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Henrietta Wilfrida "Frida" Leakey (née Avern; 1902 – 19 August 1993), also known as H. Wilfrida Leakey, was a British teacher who discovered a gorge that was named FLK or "Frida Leakey Korongo". The gorge was the site of ancient stone tools and important human fossil discoveries.
Dec 20, 2016 · Frida Avern Leakey (1902-1993) may be most recognizable for her last name, but she was a woman who made contributions to the field of paleoanthropology in her own right. In 1921, she entered Newnham College in Cambridge where she studied modern and medieval languages, graduating in 1924.
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 – 1 October 1972) was a Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge with his wife, fellow palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey.
HISTORY. The Old Man of Olduvai Gorge. Irrepressible Louis Leakey, patriarch of the fossil-hunting family, championed the search for human origins in Africa, attracting criticism and praise....
In July 1959, at the FLK site (the initials of the person who discovered it Frida Leakey, and K for korongo, the Swahili language word for gully), Mary Leakey found the skull of Zinjanthropus or Australopithecus boisei.
Mar 10, 2023 · Oldowan tools had been found with Paranthropus at other sites, including the Frida Leakey Korongo Zinj (FLK Zinj) site in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, where the first Paranthropus fossils were ...
Aug 7, 2021 · In 1934, Leakey left his wife Frida. A panel at Cambridge investigated his morals and research grants dried up, but his mother raised enough money for subsequent expeditions. As his previous work was questioned by P. G. H. Boswell, Leakeay invited him to verify the sites for himself.
