Palaeoanthropologist
Mary Leakey
Found the Laetoli footprints, proving hominins walked upright 3.6 million years ago, and did much of the fieldwork her husband was credited for.
Mary Douglas Leakey, FBA was a British paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilised Proconsul skull, an extinct ape believed to be ancestral to humans. She also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, eastern Africa. For much of her career she worked with her husband, Louis Leakey, at Olduvai Gorge, where they uncovered fossils of ancient hominines and the earliest hominins, as well as the stone tools produced by the latter group. Mary Leakey developed a system for classifying the stone tools found at Olduvai. She discovered the Laetoli footprints, and at the Laetoli site she discovered hominin fossils that were more than 3.75 million years old.
- Born
- 1913-02-06, London, EnglandA Thursday
- Died
- 1996-12-09, Nairobi, KenyaA Monday, aged 83
- At birth
- Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1913-02-06, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 17°07′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 20°07′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 12°20′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 3°43′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 20°13′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 7°30′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 27°14′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 4°17′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 24°01′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 28°13′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1996-12-09, Nairobi, Kenya · time unknown, noon chart
Africa/Nairobithe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 17°34′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 0°00′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 6°42′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 20°12′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 20°19′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 20°05′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 0°38′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 2°06′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 26°03′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 3°33′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Mary Leakey was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
