From the Field: Genevieve Housman
Genevieve Housman was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our fall 2015 cycle for her project entitled "Assessment of DNA methylation patterns in primate skeletal tissues." Here she updates us on her progress.
Grantee Spotlight: Mathew Fox
Mathew Fox, PhD candidate from the University of Arizona, was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our spring 2016 cycle for his project entitled "Paleoenvironments of Homo erectus occupations in the Luonan Basin, China."
Grantee Spotlight: Rebecca Miller
Rebecca Miller of the University of Liege was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant for her project entitled "The Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition at Trou Al'Wesse in Belgium."
Video: The Secret Lives of Female Chimpanzees
On August 17, The Leakey Foundation in partnership with the Chicago Council of Science and Technology (C2ST) presented “The Secret Lives of Female Chimpanzees” with guest speaker Melissa Emery Thompson.
Grantee Spotlight: Evelyn Pain
Evelyn Pain is currently a PhD candidate at Stony Brook University. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our spring 2016 cycle for her project entitled "Functions of male woolly monkey morphological variation in Yasuní, Ecuador."