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Mary Leakey

British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996).

Born February 6th, 1913 in London. [ref]

Died December 9th, 1996 at 83 years old in Nairobi. [ref]

Occupations
anthropologist, archaeologist, biologist, palaeontologist, paleoanthropologist, prehistorian
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks