Leakey family
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The Leakey family is a renowned Kenyan-British lineage of paleoanthropologists and archaeologists famous for their groundbreaking discoveries of early human fossils in East Africa.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leakey | 3 |
| Leakey family canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15786275 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leakey family Context triple: [Koobi Fora, researchedBy, Leakey family]
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A.
Lyell family
The Lyell family is a notable Scottish lineage from Angus, best known for producing the influential 19th-century geologist Sir Charles Lyell.
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B.
Agassiz family
The Agassiz family is a prominent Swiss-American lineage known for its influential contributions to natural science, particularly through the 19th-century biologist and geologist Louis Agassiz and his descendants.
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C.
Boas family
The Boas family is a prominent German-American Jewish family known for its influential contributions to anthropology, medicine, and social science, most notably through Franz Boas and his descendants.
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D.
Speke family
The Speke family is an English gentry lineage historically associated with landownership and local influence, notably producing figures such as explorer John Hanning Speke.
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E.
Darwin family
The Darwin family is a prominent English lineage best known for producing naturalist Charles Darwin and several other influential scientists and intellectuals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leakey family Target entity description: The Leakey family is a renowned Kenyan-British lineage of paleoanthropologists and archaeologists famous for their groundbreaking discoveries of early human fossils in East Africa.
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A.
Lyell family
The Lyell family is a notable Scottish lineage from Angus, best known for producing the influential 19th-century geologist Sir Charles Lyell.
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B.
Agassiz family
The Agassiz family is a prominent Swiss-American lineage known for its influential contributions to natural science, particularly through the 19th-century biologist and geologist Louis Agassiz and his descendants.
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C.
Boas family
The Boas family is a prominent German-American Jewish family known for its influential contributions to anthropology, medicine, and social science, most notably through Franz Boas and his descendants.
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D.
Speke family
The Speke family is an English gentry lineage historically associated with landownership and local influence, notably producing figures such as explorer John Hanning Speke.
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E.
Darwin family
The Darwin family is a prominent English lineage best known for producing naturalist Charles Darwin and several other influential scientists and intellectuals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Leakey family
linked to: Leakey family
linked to: Leakey family