Quote by: Louis Leakey

The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose.


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  • NameLouis Leakey
  • DescriptionBritish archaeologist and naturalist whose work was important in establishing human evolutionary development in Africa
  • AliasesLouis Seymour Bazett Leakey; L.S.B. Leakey
  • BornAugust 7, 1903
  • DiedOctober 1, 1972
  • CountryKenya
  • ProfessionAnthropologist; Archaeologist; Prehistorian; Autobiographer