Grantee Spotlight: Emma Mbua
Emma Mbua is a Kenyan paleoanthropologist who has been working at Kantis Fossil Site (KFS), a paleontological site on the outskirts of Nairobi in Kenya which has been dated to 3.5 million years old.
Grantee Spotlight: Piotr Fedurek
Piotr Fedurek is a PhD candidate from the University of Roehampton. He was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our fall 2016 cycle for his project entitled "The effect of social integration on physiological stress levels in a small-scale society."
The Survival Symposium Videos Are Now Online!
In September 2016 The Leakey Foundation brought together seven world-renowned speakers and researchers for a series of short talks focusing on evolution and the challenges of building a better, safer and more survivable future.
Grantee Spotlight: Hilary Duke
Hilary Duke is a PhD candidate from Stony Brook University. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our fall 2016 cycle for her project entitled "Taking shape: Investigating the earliest Acheulean at Kokiselei, Kenya (1.8-1.76Ma)."
From the Field: Maura Tyrrell in Indonesia
Maura Tyrrell was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our fall 2014 cycle for her project entitled "Effect of competition on male coalition patterns in crested macaques."