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FILE - Richard Leakey, Kenyan wildlife conservationist, places a rhino horn to be burned at the zoo in Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in his native Kenya, has died at 77. His death was announced Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022 by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. The cause of death was not announced. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

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Kenyan paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey dies at 77
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sun,01/02/22-12:10PM , 80 Reads
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in his native Kenya, has died at 77, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Sunday evening.

The cause of death was not announced.
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Extinct shark named after LSU museum official as she retires
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Fri,12/24/21-12:05PM , 101 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana State University museum official has received a unique retirement gift -- researchers in Alabama and South Carolina named a prehistoric shark species after her.
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Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile
By EMMA H. TOBIN - Associated Press
Thu,12/09/21-2:33PM , 185 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Not all two-legged dinosaurs were like the lumbering Tyrannosaurus rex.

An analysis of dinosaur tracks from 120 million years ago unearthed in Spain adds to growing evidence that these meat-eating prehistoric beasts belonging to the same group as T.rex could be highly agile.
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Fossil footprints puzzle scientists: Bear or ancient human?
By CHRISTINA LARSON - AP Science Writer
Wed,12/01/21-12:41PM , 235 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prehistoric footprints that have puzzled scientists since the 1970s are getting a second look: Were they left by extinct animals or by human ancestors?

When famed paleontologist Mary Leakey first uncovered the footprints in Tanzania 40 years ago, the evidence was ambiguous.
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