Meave Leakey

Meave G. Leakey (born Meave Epps; 28 July 1942) is a British palaeoanthropologist. She works at Stony Brook University and is co-ordinator of Plio-Pleistocene research at the Turkana Basin Institute. She studies early hominid evolution and has done extensive field research in the Turkana Basin. She has Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Science degrees.

Meave Leakey
Meave Leakey holding the medal of the City of Toulouse
Born
Maeve Epps

(1942-07-28) 28 July 1942
London, England
Alma materUniversity of North Wales
Spouse
(m. 1970; died 2022)
Children2, including Louise Leakey
Scientific career
FieldsPaleoanthropology
InstitutionsStony Brook University
Turkana Basin Institute
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