Exploration for Early Anthropoids and other Primates in Western Egypt
Part of the collection of crocodile fossils. Photo credit: Erik Seiffert.
Erik Seiffert is an associate professor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University. He was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in 2006 for his project entitled “Exploration for Early Anthropoids and other Primates in Western Egypt.”
Prompted by studies suggesting that anthropoid colonization of Afro-Arabia
Grantee Spotlight: Rebecca Miller
Rebecca Miller is a researcher at the University of Liege. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant during our spring 2015 cycle for her project entitled “The Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition at Trou Al’Wesse (Belgium).” Her co-investigators are John Stewart and Keith Wilkinson.
Rebecca Miller
Trou Al’Wesse (literally ‘cave of the wasp) is a narrow cave of approximately 30m length
From the Field: Nicole Squyres
Nicole Squyres is a PhD candidate from Johns Hopkins University. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in our fall 2014 cycle for her project entitled “Morphological variation in the distal femur of modern humans and fossil hominins.”
Nicole Squyres
The Leakey Foundation Research Grant has funded my travels to several different skeletal collections both within the US and
Grantee Spotlight: Tyler Faith
Tyler Faith is a researcher from the University of Queensland in Australia. He was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant during our spring 2015 cycle for his project entitled "Middle Stone Age of the Gwasi and Uyoma Peninsulas, Kenya."
Neandertal Fire Technology
Carolina Mallol has been awarded three Leakey Foundation research grants for her project entitled “Neandertal fire technology.” Currently she is beginning the field season for her third grant awarded in our spring 2015 cycle, and so we thought we would post the final report from her 2012 grant. This is an excerpt from the report followed by a link to