RIP Richard Leakey

[Wolf in Sheeples’ Clothing]

Esteemed Kenyan conservationist, paleoanthropologist and politician, Richard Leakey, passed away January 2 at the age of 77.

In 1984 a member of Leakey’s team discovered the almost complete skeleton of a Homo ergaster, KNM-WT 15000. The discovery of KNN-WT 15000, also known as the Turkana boy or the Nariokotome Boy, was wonderfully accounted for in the book The Wisdom of the Bones. 


 

This book is an excellent read and I can not recommend it highly enough. 

Edited January 3, 2022 by Wolf in Sheeples’ Clothing