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Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey reported dead at 77

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Widely acclaimed Kenyan progressive Richard Leakey died on Sunday at 77 years old years old, as indicated by an assertion delivered on Sunday by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta,

Leakey, who additionally had a profession as a government official in Kenya, became renowned when he uncovered proof that demonstrated Mankind advanced in Africa.

His most well known find happenned in 1984 with the revealing of an unprecedented, close total Homo Erectus skeleton.

During his life, Richard Leakey was additionally top of Kenya’s Wildlife Service (KWS) where he initiated a mission to end poaching of elephant ivory.