2009 marks the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birthday and the sesquicentennial of his pivotal publication. Darwin 2009 honors these two significant milestones with a year-long celebration of Darwin’s life, his contributions to science.
Celebrating the pivotal research of Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE and Dr. Toshisada Nishida, The Leakey Foundation awarded these two pioneers with the 2008 Leakey Prize.
For 40 years, The Leakey Foundation has funded significant research of human evolution; supporting some of science's the most important discoveries. Join us in exploring our origins and discovering what it means to be a human.
