The Leakey Foundation

04.30.22

What do anthropologists do?

Anthropologists study everything about being human. Their work explores our origins as a species, our present-day cultures, and how humanity will survive into the future.

04.28.22

Anne Stone receives 2022 Guggenheim Fellow award

Anne Stone is an anthropological geneticist who has transformed knowledge in the genetics of infectious diseases and the evolutionary history of humans and the great apes. She has published significant work on the genetics of reemerging infectious diseases, especially leprosy and tuberculosis.

04.27.22

New research reveals where the dingo sits on the evolutionary timeline of dogs

Guest Post

Dogs were first domesticated between 29,000 and 14,000 years ago, and have been closely linked to humans ever since. Dingoes – the only native Australian dog – are thought to represent a unique event within canine evolution, having arrived in Australia 5,000–8,000 years ago.

04.06.22

Grantee Spotlight: Ingrid Holzmann

Grantee Spotlight

Leakey Foundation grantee Ingrid Holzmann is studying how wild howler monkeys respond to their neighbors in order to better understand the impact of these relationships.