Famed archaeologist and anthropologist Mary Leakey describes early-man excavations to visitors in the Olduvai Gorge in 1972 in Tanzania, East Africa.

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Famed archaeologist and anthropologist Mary Leakey describes early-man excavations to visitors in the Olduvai Gorge in 1972 in Tanzania, East Africa. The famed fossil hunter died in 1996 at the age of 83.

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Location: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, East Africa
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
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