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In basic history lessons, Ludwig Krapf is credited with "discovering" Mt Kenya when indigenous herders had regaled in its majesty for millennia. However, Krapf was only the first European to report seeing Mt Kenya way back in 1849.
Fast forward a hundred years later when Kamoya Kimeu excelled in fossil hunting, first under Louis Leaky and later under his son Richard, who was National Museums of Kenya boss for many years.
Described in Richard Leakey: Master of Deceit by Eustace Gitonga and Dr Martin Pickford as a "short, broad man with a large prominent head which sits on his shoulders because his neck is very short", Kamoya was essentially the leader of Leakey's "hominid gang."
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