Husna Mashaka's research uncovers how climate and vegetation shifts shaped ancient human behavior. Her work offers insights for building climate resilience today.

Georgina Luti, a Kenyan geologist and Leakey Foundation Francis H. Brown African Scholar is working to determine dates for the Gondolin and Kromdraai caves in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind.

Laura MacLatchy is a a paleoanthropologist whose Leakey-funded research investigates fossil apes from Uganda to reveal how early apes adapted to grassy woodlands 20 million years ago.

Tanner Kovach is a Leakey Foundation grantee whose research explores how Neanderthals and Homo sapiens adapted to their environments and interacted during a key moment in human history.

Myra Laird, a Leakey Foundation grantee and assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, investigates how tiny scratches and pits on primate teeth form as they eat. By studying four living primate species, she is uncovering how tooth shape and food interact to create dental microwear patterns, providing new insights into fossil hominin diets and human oral health.