A palaeoanthropologist is a scientist who specializes in palaeoanthropology - the scientific study of ancient human remains.
An Important Japanese Palaeoanthropologist who has worked in East Africa for the last few decades. Most notable for his work on Ardipithecus ramidus.
Mary Leakey originally studied archaeology and met her husband Louis while working as an archaeological illustrator. She became director of the excavations at Olduvai gorge, a site well known for its fossil hominid remains. She is most well known for her work as a palaeoanthropologist at Olduvai and the surrounding area and in her time discovered many new species.