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LOUIS SEYMOUR BAZETT LEAKEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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Instance hypernyms:
anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)
fossilist; palaeontologist; paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)