Our Auction is Live, and Here’s a 3D Model of One of the Items!
Last month we featured a blog post by Leakey Foundation grantee Samantha Porter. She and her team had recently published an article entitled “A Simple Photogrammetry Rig for the Reliable Creation of 3D Artifact Models in the Field” in the journal Advances in Archaeological Practice. She was nice enough introduce the article to our readers, describing the technique and the<br>
Our Grants Department is in Atlanta for PAS/AAPA!
This week Paddy Moore and H. Gregory of The Leakey Foundation's grants department are in Atlanta for the annual Paleoanthropology Society and the American Association of Physical Anthropologists conferences being held in the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
World Heritage Gone: South African Diamond Mining Destroys Archaeological Sites Daily
George M. Leader of the University of Pennsylvania describes the importance of long term archaeological research at South Africa’s Cantee Kopje, one of many world heritage sites threatened by diamond mining.
Archaeologists working in South Africa are fighting a war on multiple fronts. While the whole world continues its love affair with its favorite stone, the diamond, archaeologists are fighting<br>
A Review: The Primates Who Tell Stories
This week guest blogger Rebecca O'Neill shares her impressions of our March 15th installment of Being Human: The Primates Who Tell Stories featuring Tania Lombrozo.
Grantee Spotlight: Genevieve Housman
Genevieve Housman is a PhD candidate from Arizona State University. She 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.”
Genevieve Housman
My research centers on understanding how epigenetic changes contribute to physical differences in primates. Within primate epigenetics, I am particularly interested in<br>