![]() ![]() They had two daughters, who spent “field season” in remote areas of Kenya hunting fossils with their parents and their collaborators. She fell in love with Louis’ son, Richard Leakey, despite his obnoxious reputation and the fact that he was then in an unhappy marriage. After completing her Ph.D., she returned to Kenya in 1969 for good. She was recruited by the great Louis Leakey for paleontological research in Africa in 1965, after sexism prevented her from working as a marine biologist. Attentive readers of Meave Leakey’s masterful memoir, The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past, will learn a few details about her personal life. ![]()
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