Part one of term paper
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 missionaries. His ...

Part two of term paper
... He played with African children, learned to hunt and even spoke the Native language as well as he spoke English. When he was 13, he found some ancient stone tools. After this discovery he became very intrigued by the life of early man and promised himself to learn about them. So, when he was 14, he read a book about 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 ...