The Leakey Foundation

11.25.20

Eduardo Fernandez-Duque receives The John P. McGovern Award Lecture in the Behavioral Sciences

The Leakey Foundation is thrilled to congratulate Dr. Eduardo Fernandez-Duque for receiving The John P. McGovern Award Lecture in the Behavioral Sciences from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

11.09.20

Female geladas suddenly mature when new male takes over

Journal Article

Leakey Foundation-supported researchers studying close relatives of baboons known as geladas have shown for the first time that females of this species suddenly hurry up and mature when a new male enters the picture. Their findings are reported in the journal Current Biology on November 5th.

11.06.20

Did prehistoric women hunt? New research suggests so

Journal Article

For a long time, it was assumed that hunting in prehistoric societies was primarily carried out by men. Now a new study adds to a body of evidence challenging this idea.

11.04.20

Grantee Spotlight: Irene Smail

Grantee Spotlight

Leakey Foundation grantee Irene Smail is using information from fossil primates to model how closely-related primate species may have interacted with each other in the past. Her research will shed light on why our species survived while others went extinct.

11.01.20

The story behind the longest known prehistoric journey

Journal Article

Archaeologists in New Mexico have uncovered the longest known trackway of ancient human fossil footprints, offering evidence of interactions between an adult, a child, and a giant sloth.

Monthly Archives: November 2020

Eduardo Fernandez-Duque receives The John P. McGovern Award Lecture in the Behavioral Sciences

Female geladas suddenly mature when new male takes over

Did prehistoric women hunt? New research suggests so

Grantee Spotlight: Irene Smail

The story behind the longest known prehistoric journey