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When was Richard Leakey born?

  • 19 December 1944

  • 8 July 1949

  • 5 March 1934

  • 20 November 1945

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Richard Leakey was born on 19 December 1944 in Nairobi, Kenya. He is an anthropologist and paleontologist who has made significant contributions to the study of human evolution. Leakey has led several expeditions to Africa in search of early hominid fossils, and he has discovered several important specimens, including the Nariokotome Boy and the Turkana Boy.
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