The Secret Lives of Female Chimpanzees
Come learn about the fascinating lives of female chimpanzees with Chicago Council on Science and Technology (C2ST) and The Leakey Foundation.
Female apes are often overshadowed by their larger, more boisterous male counterparts. The subtlety of social behavior in female chimpanzees belies a complex set of strategies that allow them to navigate the costs and benefits of group life.
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Being Human: Robert Sapolsky Video
Check out the video from our Being Human event in October 2015 and find a special offer for our next event on July 28th.
Lucy Had Neighbors: A Review of African Fossils
Lucy reconstruction by John Gurche. Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
If “Lucy” wasn’t alone, who else was in her neighborhood? Key fossil discoveries over the last few decades in Africa indicate that multiple early human ancestor species lived at the same time more than 3 million years ago. A new review of fossil evidence from the
Upper Paleolithic Dietary Strategies
When fluctuating climates in the Ice Age altered habitats, modern humans may have adapted their diets in a different way than Neanderthals, according to a study funded in part by The Leakey Foundation and published on April 27, 2016, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE .
Fossilized human molar used in a study of dietary habits of Neanderthals and Upper
Rough Childhoods Have Ripple Effects for Wild Baboons
A new study supported by The Leakey Foundation finds that wild baboons that experience multiple misfortunes during the first years of life grow up to live much shorter adult lives.