Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Olduvai Gorge

  • Louis Leakey: Pioneering the study of human evolution in Africa

    Zachary SorensenChicago, Illinois, United States Louis Seymour Bazet Leakey was a paleoanthropologist and archaeologist renowned for his fieldwork in East Africa. His career spanned several decades, and he made important contributions to our understanding of human origins. His research dramatically shaped the way the world views the history of humanity. Born in Kenya to British…