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Richard Leakey was the director of which museum?

  • The British Museum

  • The Guggenheim

  • The Louvre

  • National Museum of Kenya

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Richard Leakey was a Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist. He was the director of the National Museum of Kenya from 1968 to 1989. During his tenure, he oversaw the excavation of many important hominid fossils, including the famous Turkana Boy. He also played a key role in the establishment of the Kenya Wildlife Service.
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