Monthly Archives: July 2015

07.29.15

Exploration for Early Anthropoids and other Primates in Western Egypt

Research Report
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… more »
07.27.15

Grantee Spotlight: Rebecca Miller

Grantee Spotlight
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… more »
07.23.15

From the Field: Nicole Squyres

From the Field
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… more »
07.20.15

Grantee Spotlight: Tyler Faith

Grantee Spotlight
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."
07.15.15

Neandertal Fire Technology

Research Report
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 the report itself.
Carolina Mallol Our ongoing research… more »