Leakey Foundation grantees elected to National Academy of Sciences
Three Leakey Foundation grantees were inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2025. Membership in the Academy is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive.
1.5 million-year-old bone tools discovered in Tanzania shed new light on human evolution
Researchers have discovered 1.5 million-year-old tools made from the bones of large animals such as hippos and elephants.
Stone tools reveal human adaptability
Stone tools in El Aliya Cave in Morocco provide evidence that ancient hunter-gatherers in North Africa had flexible subsistence strategies.
Understanding evolutionary mismatch with Audrey Arner
Why do rates of diabetes surge when traditional societies urbanize? The answer may lie in a concept called the "evolutionary mismatch hypothesis."
Vanderbilt University PhD candidate Audrey Arner is investigating this phenomenon with support from The Leakey Foundation.
Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic
Researchers in China find the first complete example of stone tool technology previously seen only in Europe and the Middle East.