What was the profession of Mary Leakey's son, Richard?
Paleoanthropologist
Geologist
Botanist
Zoologist
Answer
Richard Leakey, the son of renowned paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey, followed in his mother's footsteps and became a distinguished paleoanthropologist himself. He made significant contributions to the field, including the discovery of the Turkana Boy, a nearly complete skeleton of a Homo erectus child, and the identification of the first known species of the genus Australopithecus, Australopithecus afarensis.
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