Richard Leakey

Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (born December 19, 1944) is a paleontologist, archaeologist and an activist, known for his discovery of "Turkana Boy" and his fight to preserve wildlife of the African continent.

Works

• with Roger Lewin, Origins, Dutton, 1977
• One Life: An Autobiography, Salem House, 1983
• with Roger Lewin, Origins Reconsidered, Doubleday, 1992
• The Origin of Humankind, BasicBooks & HarperCollins Publishers, 1994
  • Originea omului, trans. Ion Oprescu and Ana Maria Glavce, Bucharest: Humanitas, 1995. (in Romanian)

Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Leakey
• http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Richard_Leakey
• http://www.leakey.com/