Leakey

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A small city, the county seat of Real County, Texas, United States.

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louis seymour bazett leakeymary douglas leakeyrichard erskine leakey

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"After seeing her initial reports on chimpanzees and tool use, Dr. Goodall's mentor the paleoanthropologist and archeologist Dr. Louis Leakey responded, "Now we must redefine tool, redefine man, or accept chimpanzees as human"."

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county seatreal county

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