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Turkana Boy

I saw the discovery of Turkana Boy also attributed to Kamoya Kimeu. If anyone knows for sure, they should clear it up here and on the Turkana Boy page. -- Walt Pohl 02:47, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Turkana Boy was discovered by Kamoya Kimeu. This is widely acknowledged. --Ezeu 07:50, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Kenyan vs British

Vis-à-vis the (almost) revert war about Leakeys nationality, we need to claritfy some issues. Richard Leakey was born in Nairobi, Kenya. He holds a Kenyan passport. He lives in Kenya, and is a civil servant of the Kenyan government. He has done all the work he is renowned for in Kenya. His father was born in Kabete, Kenya (and was a British citizen because of geopolitics). His mother was a resident of Kenya. Insisting on calling Richard Leakey British only reveals the contributor's national, ideological and racial bias. --Ezeu 04:33, 5 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"...national, ideological and racial bias"? Grow up. Such accusations only reveal the contributor's immaturity and undeveloped mind. 62.25.106.209 (talk) 18:44, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Leakey might be able to claim British citizenship by descent from grand-parents born in Britain. I don't know if Kenya allows dual nationality. I think not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.30.71.244 (talk) 12:50, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Richard's mother seems to have been born in England. This would give Richard another claim to British citizenship. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.30.71.244 (talk) 12:56, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Until last year the Kenyan constitution prohibited dual citizenship and Kenyan citizens with dual nationality upon reaching adulthood had to either renounce their other citizenships or lose their Kenyan citizenship. Timrollpickering (talk) 16:07, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In 2 Nov 2015 interview with Stephen Sakur on BBC's "HARDtalk," Leakey said that the only people who consider him British are those from the northern latitudes. ^[1] (Link is only good for 12 months.) He considers himself Kenyan with no hyphenations. Filé gumbo (talk) 09:47, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06jtstr

Question about categories

Should he also be listed under all those British:Archelogist, British:Anthropologists, etc. categories? Thaths 04:54, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No, he shouldnt. --Ezeu 07:00, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Richard's siblings

Opening snippet says that Richard is the "second of the three sons" of Louis Leakey and the younger brother of Colin Leakey. Colin's wiki entry says that he is the son of Louis and Frida Leakey. Wouldn't that make Colin the half-brother of Richard?

Biography paragraph says that he grew up with "his two brothers, Jonathan and Philip". Either the opening snippet is incorrect about "second of the three sons" or one of Richard's siblings is incorrectly identified by name in this section. -- Thaths 22:13, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A better photo of the subject?

There has to be a better photo of the subject around that is not copyright encumbered. -- Thaths 20:23, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Convert

In one of his books, Richard Leakey depicts himself as a convert to atheism. He says he rebelled against his grand-father's Protestant opinions but Harry Leakey died in 1940, before Richard's birth. Richard Leakey says he rebelled against his mother's former Catholicism, but this seems to have been abandoned before his time. He was sent to a non-catholic school in about 1955.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.194.4.21 (talk) 09:46, 2 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

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Not clear

It is not clear what was broken, a leg or the skull, in the fall from the horse.

Consistency has now appeared, from the University of Toronto.

Marriages?

In the article there is a section about a marriage to a Margaret Cropper, but no mention of Meave Leakey with whom he has (at least) a daughter Louise Leakey (b. 1972). It looks like there is a big chunk missing out of his life. --j 22:02, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, now Maeve is mentioned with no info on what happened to his marriage with Margaret Cropper. It's not that I truly care but it makes the narrative choppy. 22 September 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.211.112.103 (talk) 16:23, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Archeologist or paleoanthropologist?

You state that Richard Leaky was an Archeologist but I think he is actually a paleoanthropologist as he studied the evolution of Hominids rather than ancient human civilisations (see the Leaky Foundation website). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.251.25 (talk) 21:56, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Leakey stated in his autobiography that he is an atheist.[12]"

Why is this in a section with the title "Opinion"? Would an entry about a persons Christian or Jewish beliefs be in a section titled "Opinion"?

"Leakey stated in his autobiography that he is an atheist.[12]" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.24.63.177 (talk) 12:54, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In BBC "HARDtalk" interview with Stephen Sakur, 2 Nov 2015 ^[1], Leakey was introduced as the new "Chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service." In the interview, Leakey said President Kenyatta appointed him under the condition that he "clean it up." He also said he has the full support of the cabinet. However, i see nothing about the appointment in the news or contacts sections of the KWS website. Consequently, i didn't try to update this article. Filé gumbo (talk) 10:03, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06jtstr

Intro revision

I put some essential facts into the intro. I believe he was briefly Secretary of the Kenyan Cabinet as stated in the text, but that needs to be substantiated in the body of the article. His life has been so extraordinary that the intro can only list some of the landmarks. There is scarcely anything he has done which is not notable, including staying alive!

The article is still under-referenced, and also there is a problem with the constantly changing titles of the Kenyan organisations.

Her's a link to a journalistic article with some biog info not in our article: [1]

Macdonald-ross (talk) 11:46, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06jtstr

[2] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06jtstr

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