Mary Leakey
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Mary Douglas Leakey, FBA was a British paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilised Proconsul skull, an extinct ape believed to be ancestral to humans. She also discovered the robust Zinjan
Leakey in 1977
Mary and Louis Leakey at Olduvai Gorge
Replica of the skull "Zinjanthropus", sometimes known as "Nutcracker Man", found by Mary Leakey.
Plinth with plaque sited in Olduvai Gorge marking the spot where Mary Leakey discovered "Zinjanthropus", the first-found A. boisei in Africa.
Paranthropus boisei
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Paranthropus boisei is a species of australopithecine from the Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.5 to 1.15 million years ago. The holotype specimen, OH 5, was discovered by palaeoanthropologist
Mary Leakey
…paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilised Proconsul skull, an extinct ape believed to be ancestral to humans. She also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, eastern Africa. For much of her career she worked with her husband, Louis Leakey, at Olduvai Gorge, where they…
Australophithecus boisei, Olduvai Gorge Springfield Science Museum Springfield, MA DSC03368
Various P. boisei specimens
Peninj 1 showing postcanine megadontia
Paranthropus boisei facial reconstruction at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History