FAQ About Mary Leakey
What was the significance of Mary Leakey's discovery of the Proconsul skull?
Mary Leakey's discovery of the first fossilized skull of Proconsul, an extinct genus of primates, was significant because it provided critical evidence about the early evolutionary lineage of humans. Discovered in 1948 on Rusinga Island in Kenya, this fossil provided insights into the anatomy and behaviors of our common ancestors before the divergence of the great apes and humans.
