Grantee Spotlight: Asithandile Ntsondwa
Asithandile Ntsondwa is a doctoral student at New York University whose research focuses on human-environment interactions and the role of fire in shaping ancient landscapes
Grantee Spotlight: Sylvester Musyoka
Sylvester Musyoka is a 2025 Baldwin Fellow who uses fossil antelope teeth to learn how past environments influenced human evolution.
A story of human survival
Primatologist John Mitani reflects on his parents' incarceration under Executive Order 9066 and what human origins research tells us about fear, survival, and our capacity for cooperation.
Emergency funding from The Leakey Foundation helps one of the world’s longest-running orangutan research sites
Without emergency funding, one of the longest-running studies of wild orangutans faced an uncertain future. The Leakey Foundation stepped in with an emergency grant through its Primate Research Fund.
2025 Joan Cogswell Donner Field School Scholarship recipients
The Joan Cogswell Donner Field School Scholarship helps students access hands-on training in paleoanthropology, archaeology, and primatology. In 2025, The Leakey Foundation awarded eight scholarships supporting 29 students at field schools across Africa and Europe.