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MARTIN: Mary Agnes Carey is a senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News. That's a nonprofit news service. It's not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente, and she was kind enough to join us here in our Washington, D.C. studios. Mary Agnes, thanks again.
Mary Douglas Leakey was recognized in her lifetime as one of the worldâs most distinguished fossil hunters. Because of her many important discoveries and her dedication to field research, she is considered a giant in the study of human origins. She was born Mary Douglas Nicol in London on February 6, 1913. She was the daughter of a popular landscape painter, Erskine Nicol, and Cecilia Frere.