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Title: Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey died today
Post by: PopeyesPappy on January 02, 2022, 08:30:34 PM
Leaky, and his parents, contributed a lot what we know of our evolutionary story.
Title: Re: Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey died today
Post by: drunkenshoe on January 04, 2022, 01:43:08 PM
RIP. Yeah I have seen this. He wasn't that old though as far as I know. 70 something?

They're also very lucky people concerning their finds. Both father and son discovered very crucial examples if I'm not mistaken.
Title: Re: Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey died today
Post by: aitm on January 06, 2022, 12:37:04 PM
Yeah I remember reading about leakey's works. I thought he was a lot older. Makes me realize I ain't done shit comparatively.
Title: Re: Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey died today
Post by: Draconic Aiur on January 06, 2022, 04:40:30 PM
Well shit.
Title: Re: Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey died today
Post by: Jason Harvestdancer on January 06, 2022, 08:56:06 PM
He lived a good life.  Little more can be asked than that.  Too few people will know of what he did for us.
Title: Re: Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey died today
Post by: SGOS on January 07, 2022, 12:40:28 AM
Quote from: aitm on January 06, 2022, 12:37:04 PM
Yeah I remember reading about leakey's works. I thought he was a lot older.
I did too.  Maybe unconsciously, I was thinking anyone who found ancient remains had to be old, because he found ancient remains.  Younger people would therefore find more recent remains, because they are more recent.  Leakey and his family were rock stars of anthropology.
Title: Re: Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey died today
Post by: drunkenshoe on January 07, 2022, 01:07:50 AM
Quote from: aitm on January 06, 2022, 12:37:04 PM
Yeah I remember reading about leakey's works. I thought he was a lot older. Makes me realize I ain't done shit comparatively.

Maybe you remember his parents Louis Leakey or Mary Leakey. That family is full of scholars.
Title: Re: Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey died today
Post by: Unbeliever on September 14, 2022, 11:20:36 AM
I'd love to be a paleontologist right now: I'd wait for Death Valley to dry up and go look for newly uncovered fossils!