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One of his lasting legacies is his mentorship of three prominent female primatologists, sometimes called the “trimates” or “leakey’s angels.” The leakey family has been remarkable in the sheer numbers of fossil and tool discoveries and the vast amount of data its members have contributed to the fields of paleontology and anthropology.

Leakey’s discoveries formed the basis for the most important subsequent research into the earliest origins of human life His career spanned several decades, and he made important contributions to our understanding of human origins. He was also instrumental in persuading jane goodall, dian fossey, and biruté m.f

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These fossils were the first in a long and continually emerging series of spectacular paleoanthropological and archaeological discoveries in east africa, spanning six decades and three generations of the leakey family.