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04.09.20

Origin Stories: The Punan Batu

Deep in the remote forests of Indonesian Borneo lives a society of hunter-gatherers who speak a language never before shared with outsiders. Until now. The latest episode of Origin Stories tells the story of the Cave Punan people and their urgent plea for help to save their forest home.

04.03.20

In South Africa, Three Hominins, Including Earliest Homo erectus, Lived during the Same Period

Journal Article

Nearly 2 million years ago, three hominin genera - Australopithecus, Paranthropus and the earliest Homo erectus lineage - lived as contemporaries in the karst landscape of what is now South Africa, according to a new geochronological evaluation of the hominin fossil-rich Drimolen Paleocave complex.

04.02.20

Humans of Anthropology

Science is a collaborative endeavor and long-term projects require the work of multiple generations of researchers. At the 2019 meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, The Leakey Foundation set out to document the academic "families" of biological anthropology. All of the portraits are now available on our website.

04.01.20

Baby Steps: This Ancient Skull Is Helping Us Trace the Path That Led to Modern Childhood

Journal Article

New findings by Leakey Foundation grantees reveal the slowing down of brain development in our ape-like ancestors began more than three million-years-ago.

04.01.20

Oldest Ever Human Genetic Evidence Retrieved from 800,000-Year-Old Fossil

Journal Article

An important advancement in human evolution studies has been achieved after scientists retrieved the oldest human genetic data set from an 800,000-year-old tooth belonging to the hominin species Homo antecessor.

Monthly Archives: April 2020

Origin Stories: The Punan Batu

In South Africa, Three Hominins, Including Earliest Homo erectus, Lived during the Same Period

Humans of Anthropology

Baby Steps: This Ancient Skull Is Helping Us Trace the Path That Led to Modern Childhood

Oldest Ever Human Genetic Evidence Retrieved from 800,000-Year-Old Fossil