Louise Leakey
Princess Louise de Merode (née Leakey, born 21 March 1972) is a Kenyan paleontologist and anthropologist. She conducts research and field work on human fossils in Eastern Africa. In addition to her long-term field studies in Kenya, Louise works closely with local communities and wildlife authorities to preserve the country's unique floral and fauna.
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[edit]- At age 12, the discovery of the Homo erectus from the west side of Turkana was a very exciting time, because we were at that site for quite a long period, we were able to engage and help and excavate it. There was a real sense of excitement about that excavation.
- Everybody enjoys being out-and-about as a small child looking for fossils, so it is second-nature to anyone to do that, I guess I was able to keep at it longer than most.
- It is a very important time in the world to realize that we do have a common past and we have a common future.
- I feel very strongly that we again need to focus on how we can safeguard these collections for future generations as well.
- What we’ve been focused on in our work is this story — on the upright, walking ancestral life of hominins.
