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Leakey Collection

Background imageLeakey Collection: Paranthropus boisei (Zinjanthropus) cranium (OH5)

Paranthropus boisei (Zinjanthropus) cranium (OH5)
Cast of the cranium of a young male of Paranthropus boisei discovered by Mary Leakey in 1959 at Olduvai Gorge. The specimen which is the Holotype of Zinjanthropus boisei (Leakey 1959)

Background imageLeakey Collection: Australopithecine or Homo habilis foot (OH8) cast

Australopithecine or Homo habilis foot (OH8) cast
Cast of a near complete foot (OH 8) from an Australopthecus or Homo habilis discovered at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Louis Leakey in 1960. It dates back to 1.75 million years ago

Background imageLeakey Collection: Richard Leakey, politician and conservationist

Richard Leakey, politician and conservationist
Richard Leakey (Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, b 1944), Kenyan politician, palaeoanthropologist and conservationist. Seen here with an elephant. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageLeakey Collection: Plaque to Capt Clement Robertson VC, Merlijn Restaurant

Plaque to Capt Clement Robertson VC, Merlijn Restaurant
The memorial, on the wall of the restaurant, was unveiled on 29 April 2019 in the presence of Lt Gen A.D. Leakey, the British Ambassador Alison Rose

Background imageLeakey Collection: Homo erectus cranium casts Peking Man & OH9

Homo erectus cranium casts Peking Man & OH9
Left: This skull is a reconstruction based upon evidence discovered at locality 1, Zhoukoudian Cave which date back 500, 000 years

Background imageLeakey Collection: Australopithecus boisei (OH5) & Homo habilis (OH24) crania

Australopithecus boisei (OH5) & Homo habilis (OH24) crania
Two cranium casts of: (left) Australopithecus boisei known as OH5 and (right) homo habilis known as OH24. Both original specimens were discovered within Bed 1 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Background imageLeakey Collection: Chellean men of Olduvai

Chellean men of Olduvai gathered around the body of a wild pig nearly as large as a rhinoceros. Excavations at Olduvai Gorge in Tanganyika uncovered two living sites

Background imageLeakey Collection: Homo erectus cranium (OH9)

Homo erectus cranium (OH9)
The cranium (cast) of Homo erectus discovered at Bed II, site LLK at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Louis Leakey in 1960. This specimen is the Holotype of Homo leakeyi. This specimen dates back c

Background imageLeakey Collection: Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 1)

Homo sapiens cranium (Omo 1)
A reconstruction of Homo sapiens skull discovered By the team of Richard Leakey in 1967. Location: Kibish, north west of Kenya Camp near Shiangoro Village east of River Omo

Background imageLeakey Collection: Paranthropus boisei (based on OH5)

Paranthropus boisei (based on OH5)
Illustration by Maurice Wilson of a three-quarter view of Paranthropus boisei, a robust australopithecus which lived in Southern and Eastern Africa

Background imageLeakey Collection: Paranthropus boisei (OH5)

Paranthropus boisei (OH5)

Background imageLeakey Collection: Homo sapiens skeleton (Omo 1)

Homo sapiens skeleton (Omo 1)
The skeleton of Homo sapiens discovered by Richard Leakeys team in 1967 at Kibish, north west of Camp Kenya, East of the Omo River, Eithiopia. Dated 130, 000 years old

Background imageLeakey Collection: Germany. Weimar Republic (1929)

Germany. Weimar Republic (1929)
Reproduction of Zinjanthropus Bosei skull (1, 8 millions of years), hominid discovered by Mary Leakey in 1959 at the Olduvai


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