Anthropology Key People
Raymond Dart
Raymond also introduced a killer ape theory. He hypothesized a line of carnivourous apes branched off the simian tree then evolved into humans.
He also discovered a fossil skull of a child that had ape and human features. Raymond Dart then named the species "Australopithecus africanus". This is important because it lead to more ideas about how the human evolved.
Dart hypothesized that Australopithecus africanus used tools made from the long bones of gazelles, antelopes and wild boar which furthered evolutionary science significantly.
He never got married and ended up going to school at the University College London, University of Sydney to study medicine, and University of Queensland to study biology.
Raymond Dart was born in Brisbane, Australia on February 4th, 1893 and died on November 22,1988.
The Leaky Family
The Leakey Foundation
The Leakey Foundation is a foundation founded by the Leakey family that strives to increase scientific knowledge, education, and public understanding of human origins, evolution, behaviour, and overall survival.
Careers
Along with the skull discovery, Richard was awarded with the Hubbard Medal and the Patron's Gold medal.
Richard's most important discovery was of one of the first well preserved skull of a 9 or 12 year old Homo-Erectus.
Mary Leakey
Along with the discovery of the skull, Mary has been awarded with the Hubbard Medal and the Prestwich Medal.
One of Mary's biggest discovery was the discovery of the skull of a extinct ape who's now believed to be ancestral to humans. She's the recipient of the Hubbard Medal and the Prestwich medal.
Louis Leakey
Along with the discovery of ancient tools, Louis was been awarded the Hubbard medal in 1962, the prestwich medal in 1969 and the founders gold medal in 1964.
Some Discoveries Louis' made were the discovery of ancient tools and animal fossils when making major excavations of a site in Olduvai. He made most of his discoveries in East Africa.
Johnathan Leakey
Johnathan Leakey is a former palaeoanthropologist and the son of Louis and Mary Leakey. He was born on November 4th, 1970 making him 76 currently and went to the duke of york school in kenya.
Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey is a paleoanthropologist, conservationist and politician. He's Mary and Louis Leakey's son and was born on December 19, 1994. He attended the University of Cambridge
Mary Leaky
Mary was married to Louis Leakey. She was born in London on February 6, 1913 and died on December 9th, 1996 in Nairobi, Kenya. She went to school at the University College London.
Louis Leaky
Louis Leaky was married to Mary Leaky. His parents were Harry Leakey and Mary Bazett Leakey. He was born in Kabete, Kenya on August 7,1903 and died on October 1,1972 in London. He went to school at the University of Cambridge.
Birute Galdikas
One of Birute's biggest discoveries was learning about the relationships and social life of orangutans. She discovered things such as the fact adult males usually live alone, independently, and any other interactions with other males end up being hostile.
She also discovered the diet of orangutans included foods such as fruit, insects, honey, bark and bird eggs.
One of Birute's discoveries include the discovery of orangutans birthing regiment. Orangutans have one of the longest birth interval rates of any animal. This entails they only have offspring every 8 years.
Birute discovered important information about orangutans. A lot of the information she discovered wasn't previously known until she had researched it and brought light to it. Her commitment to preserve orangutans habitat extended to people, culture and the environment as well.
She attended post-secondary education in Los Angeles at the University of California
Birute Galdikas was born on May 10, 1946 in Wiesbaden, Germany. She married Rod Brindamour from an unknown date until 1979 and is currently married to Pak Bohap. She is still currently alive and a professor at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall Institute
The Jane Goodall Institute promotes understanding and protection of apes and their habitats. It also builds on the work Jane has done to inspire action from young people to protect the world we live in, the animals that roam the earth, and to protect other people.
Different jobs available at the institute include an accountant, assistant manager at a chimpanzee rehabilitation center.
Career
Jane has won a total of 10 awards varying from an Edinburgh Medal in 1991 to a Glamour award for the Environmentalist in 2008.
Goodall was influenced by Leaky who, after hiring her as his secretary, encouraged Jane to pursue long term isolation in the wild to study chimps.
She also discovered the cooperative hunting of the red colobus chimps and set herself apart by naming the monkeys she researched.
Some of her most important discoveries include her discovery of chimpanzees making tools for the first time in recorded history. This lead to people having to redefine their definitions of what it meant to be a human.
Jane did studies in Tanzania and Africa.
Biography
Went to Darwin College, Cambridge for college
Was married to Derek Bryceson from 1975–1980, then Hugo van Lawick from 1964–1974
Born on April 3 1934
Born in London England
