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I never felt interpretation was my job.

Mary Leakey

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Mary Leakey
Age: 83 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 6
Died: 1996
Died: December 9
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Biologist
Paleoanthropologist
Paleontologist
Prehistorian
London
England
Mary Douglas Leakey
M. D. Leakey
Mary D. Leakey
Mary Douglas (maiden name) Nicol
Mary Leakey
Never
Interpretation
Jobs
Felt

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