Richard Leaky Kenyan Conservationist Passes Away

Highlights:

• Richard Leaky, a renowned Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter, has died on 2 January 2022.
• Richard Leakey, a well-known Kenyan politician, conservationist, and fossil hunter, has died. 
• The discovery of 'Turkana Boy' in 1984 is credited to the legendary paleoanthropologist, and it led to able to introduce of proving that the human race evolved in Africa.
• Turkana boy is the most full human ancestor Skelton ever discovered.
• The study of human evolvement through fossil and archaeology records is known as paleoanthropology.
• Leakey is also known for spearheading anti-ivory campaigns in order to save the African elephant population.
• Richard Erskine Frere Leakey FRS was born on December 19, 1944, in London, England.
• Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician Richard Erskine Frere Leakey Leakey worked in Kenya for a number of years, mostly in archaeology and nature conservation institutions.
• He was the Director of Kenya's National Museum, the founder of the non-governmental organization WildlifeDirect, and the Chairman of the Kenya Nature Conservation Service.
• In an educational collaboration with Stony Brook University, where he had been an anthropology professor, Leakey co-founded the Turkana Basin Institute. 
• Until his death, he was the chair of the Turkana Basin Institute.