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Louis Leakey [1903-1972] British

Rank: 101
Scientist, Archaeologist

Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, also known as L. S. B. Leakey, was a Kenyan paleoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge with his wife, fellow paleontologist Mary Leakey.

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Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.		101
Although we followed that hyena for the best part of half an hour, we never caught up with it.		102
I put a bullet into the back of the crocodile's neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable.		103
I kept an open mind on the question of whether a hominid had been present in Europe in the early Pleistocene.		104
Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya.		105
Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America.		106
I felt that in time simple stone tools would be found in early Pleistocene in England.		107
I have examined the stomach contents of seven aardvarks.		108
At Olduvai, for 20 years, Mary and I had investigated and made a general survey of the overall geology.		109
I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At that moment it reared up in front of me-the biggest python I had ever seen!		110
To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.		111
There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating.		112
The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as slaves.		113
When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago.		114
Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult.		115
The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done.		116
The Foxhall jaw has now been missing for many years.		117
South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century.		118
Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.		119
The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose.		120
Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.		121
The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics.		122
We set up the promised clinic for the sick and wounded Masai.		123

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