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03.20.19

Cleveland Here We Come: The Leakey Foundation Attends AAPA 2019!

The 88th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists will be held March 27-30, 2019, in Cleveland, Ohio. Several Leakey Foundation staff members will be attending the meeting to share information about our grant programs, and more.

03.18.19

From the Field: Sofya Dolotovskaya, Peru

From the Field

Sofya Dolotovskaya spent 14 months studying elusive titi monkeys in the Peruvian Amazon. Her Leakey Foundation funded research investigates aspects of pair-living in socially monogamous titi monkeys to see if social monogamy translates into genetic monogamy.

03.14.19

Origin Stories: Tepilit Ole Saitoti

Origin Stories, From the Archive

In this never-before-released archival lecture from 1980, Maasai warrior, author, and Leakey Foundation grantee Tepilit Ole Saitoti discusses the Maasai culture and the challenges facing the Maasai in Kenya and Tanzania.

Frans de Waal writes about primate empathy, rivalry, sex, and murder in his new book, "Mama's Last Hug."

The title was inspired by a tender interaction between a dying chimp named Mama, and de Waal's mentor, who had known Mama for over 40 years.

Dr. de Waal is speaking at a Leakey Foundation event tonight in San Francisco. ... See MoreSee Less

Sex, Empathy, Jealousy: How Emotions And Behavior Of Other Primates Mirror Our Own

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Primatologist Frans de Waal believes that the way humans experience emotion is not unique: "That's a spectrum of behavior that we have, and the same thing is true for many other ...

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