LOUIS SEYMOUR BAZETT LEAKEY

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Meaning:

English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)

Synonyms:

Leakey; Louis Leakey; Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)

fossilist; palaeontologist; paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)

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