In commemoration of the 100th birth anniversary of the British archaeologist and anthropologist Mary Leakey, who was born on February 6, 1913, Web search giant Google has posted a doodle on its homepage, showing Leakey at work on an archaeological site.

With Google paying a tribute to Leakey on her 100th birthday with a dedicated doodle, visitors to the Google homepage on Wednesday were greeted with the doodle of Leakey at work in the field.

The Google doodle to celebrate Leakey depicts the archaeologist looking busy with her excavation work; and exhibits `the Laetoli footprints,' one of Leakey's key discoveries. In addition, the doodle also shows a few tools used for archaeological work.

Moreover, since Leakey - who died in December 1996, at the age of 83 - was widely known to be an animal lover, mostly having 3-4 Dalmatians in tow, the doodle also features two Dalmatians.

The doodle has been created in such a manner that the first and last two letters of the word Google are shown in the backdrop; with Leakey and one of the Dalmatians respectively replacing the second O and second G of the word Google.

The Google doodle is an apt tribute paid by the search giant to Leakey because it apparently was Leakey's driving inquisitiveness about prehistoric humans which led her and her husband, Louis Leakey, to significant discoveries about the origins of human beings.