Talk:Richard Leakey
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[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] Question about categories
Should he also be listed under all those British:Archelogist, British:Anthropologists, etc. categories? Thaths 04:54, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
- No, he shouldnt. --Ezeu 07:00, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
