She is the daughter of richard leakey and meave leakey, and the wife of prince emmanuel de merode. Learn more about natgeo paleontologist and anthropologist louise leaky and how she has continued her family's famous work in the paleoanthropology space. Louise leakey is a famed paleontologist and the director of public education and outreach for the turkana basin institute.
Paleontologist: Dr. Louise Leakey
In addition to his many fossil and stone tool discoveries, louis leakey was a passionate naturalist, a prolific writer, and a gifted showman with a talent for publicizing scientific discoveries to a broad public audience
Researcher on human origins and evolution
She leads the koobi fora research project and focuses on the period between 2 and 1.5 million years ago.
