Grantee Spotlight: Paola Villa
Over the next few months we will be introducing you to our new spring 2015 Leakey Foundation grantees, and the first on our list is Paola Villa from the University of Colorado Museum. She was awarded a research grant for her project entitled “Uluzzian technology in Central Italy: From Neandertals to modern humans.” Dr. Paola Villa
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From the Field: Benjamin Collins, Grassridge Rockshelter, South Africa
Season two field crew (l-r): Cherene De Bruyn, Lisa Rogers, Dr. Christopher Ames, Dr. Benjamin Collins. Photo credit: Dr. Benjamin Collins.
Dr. Benjamin Collins and Dr. Christopher Ames recently concluded a second season of Leakey Foundation-funded excavations at Grassridge rockshelter. The shelter is located at the base of the Stormberg Mountains in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, approximately 200
Presenting Our Spring 2015 Grantees
On April 25th The Leakey Foundation’s Board of Trustees convened for our Spring Granting Session. The Board unanimously approved the twenty-two research grants our Scientific Executive Committee presented as recommended for funding.
Here are a few numbers from our Spring 2015 Granting Cycle:
There were 101 research grant applications: 37% were categorized as behavioral, 63% were paleoanthropology. Over 460 reviews
Introducing the Spring 2015 Baldwin Fellows
Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial Fellowships are awarded to graduate students who are from developing countries and would like to pursue training and/or education abroad. In providing this opportunity The Leakey Foundation hopes to equip these scholars with the knowledge and experience necessary to assume leadership positions in their home countries where there often exist extraordinary resources in the field of
Grantee Spotlight: Sarie Van Belle
Sarie Van Belle and howler monkeys
In December 2014, three time Leakey Foundation grantee Dr. Sarie Van Belle, of the University of Texas at Austin, was awarded a research grant for her project entitled “Paternity and kinship in socially monogamous saki and titi monkeys.”
This study will examine paternity and kinship patterns in two closely related primate species (the red