Richard Leakey's life was a life of ironies and contrasts; a form two drop-out who became a CEO of a public institution and world-famous paleoanthropologist; a man who lost his vital organs but ...

His bones were fossilized, and they lay undetected until 1985, when they were discovered by paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey. He was only about 10 years old when he died, revealed by the fact ...

Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, whose surname is tantamount to the origins of mankind, has died Sunday at his native Nairobi, it was announced. He was 77. “I have this afternoon ...