Leakey (1935) describes modern looking fossils from Kanjera. Paterson (1949) lists Homo leakeyi (Kanjera) in a table but nowhere in the text discusses the taxon. Campbell (1965) lists the name as nomen nudem. Groves (1989) citing Campbell (1965) lists Homo leakeyi Paterson, 1949 (p. 291) among synonyms for Homo sapiens but does not comment on its availability.