Grantee Spotlight: Kristin Sabbi
Kristin Sabbi was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant in the spring of 2016 for her project entitled "The ontogeny of sex-typed social behavior among East African chimpanzees."
Grantee Spotlight: Erica Dunayer
Erica Dunayer was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant for her project entitled "Influence of stress for market exchanges in Cayo Santiago macaques."
Lucy Had Neighbors: A Review of African Fossils
Lucy reconstruction by John Gurche. Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
If “Lucy” wasn’t alone, who else was in her neighborhood? Key fossil discoveries over the last few decades in Africa indicate that multiple early human ancestor species lived at the same time more than 3 million years ago. A new review of fossil evidence from the
Grantee Spotlight: Todd Disotell
Todd Disotell was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research grant for his project entitled "Exome sequencing of the Cercocebus-Mandrillus clade."
Introducing Our Spring 2016 Grantees
The Leakey Foundation held its Spring Granting Session on April 30, 2016. Our Board of Trustees unanimously approved thirty-two research grant proposals for funding this cycle.