Part 1 of Essay
Few people have had more impact on the study of human origins than Louis Leakey. "Leakey made fossil discoveries in East Africa that proved man was far older than had previously been believed." He was born on August 7, 1903 just outside of Nairobi, Kenya. His parents, Harold and Mary Leakey were in Kenya as English ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... the Stone Aged man, and he was hooked. After reading the book he began to search for, and collect these tools and classify then by the book as he found them. Leakey then knew "he would spend the rest of his life devoted towards discovering the prehistoric ancestors of humankind." Secondly, a rugby accident also contributed to success in his field. Leakey was accepted to Cambridge University in 1922, but "numerous blows to the head during the rugby season left him unable to study." He experienced ....