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Papers relating to Kenya (4): papers about fossil finds, 1946-[1947]

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Papers by Dr L.S.B. Leakey, Curator of the Coryndun Memorial Museum, Nairobi. Comprises:

  1. (fols 1-8) - pages from The Illustrated London News with an article by Dr Leakey entitled 'Was Kenya the centre of human evolution?' and many photographs of fossil bones, 24 Aug 1946.
  2. (fols 9-11) - pages from The Illustrated London News, with an article by Dr Leakey entitled 'A pre-historian's paradise in Africa: early Stone Age sites at Olorgesailie', with illustrations, 5 Oct 1946.
  3. (fols 12-13) - pages from The Illustrated London News, with an article by Dr Leakey entitled, 'Gigantic Fauna of the Early Stone Age', with illustrations, 2 Nov 1946.
  4. (fols 14-16) - reprint from Antiquity, Vol.XX, pp.201-204: an article by Dr Leakey entitled, 'Fossil Finds in Kenya: Ape or Primitive Man?', Dec 1946.
  5. (fol 17) - cutting from The Times an article on 'Fossil Apes in Kenya: finds near Lake Victoria' [1947].

Dates

  • Creation: 1946-[1947]

Extent

1.0 file

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 782 box 2, file 5