Supplementary Activity (for artistically inclined students)

In Her Shoes: Mary Leakey

One archaeologist who made important discoveries about prehistory was Mary Leakey. In 1959 she found bones in East Africa that were more than 1.5 million years old. She and her husband, Louis Leakey, believed that the bones belonged to a hominid, an early ancestor of humans. Read more about Mary Leakey using the links below. Then put yourself in her shoes! Draw a sketch of one of her findings and explain what conclusions she reached from it.

Research Links

Mary Douglas Nichol Leakey
A biography on Mary Leakey that also discusses some of her most notable discoveries.

People and Discoveries: The Leakey Family
Trace the discoveries of Louis and Mary Leakey through this Web site.