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07.13.15Grantee Spotlight: Kelsey Ellis
Grantee Spotlight Kelsey Ellis is a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin. During our spring 2015 cycle she was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant for her project entitled “Grouping dynamics of woolly monkeys (Lagothrix poeppigii) in Amazonian Ecuador.” Kelsey Ellis
Multilevel societies are recognized as some of the most complex social systems found in nature and have been identified… more »
07.06.15Grantee Spotlight: Gabriele Schino
Grantee Spotlight Gabriele Schino was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant during our fall 2014 cycle for his project entitled “The emotional basis of primate reciprocity.” He and his collaborator Elsa Addessi are from the Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council in Rome, Italy. Gabriele Schino and Elsa Addessi
Reciprocal cooperation is a prominent characteristic… more »
07.02.15Grantee Spotlight: Halszka Glowacka
Grantee Spotlight Halszka Glowacka is a PhD candidate at Arizona State University. She was awarded a grant during our spring 2015 cycle for her project entitled “Biomechanical constraints on molar emergence in primates.”
Halszka Glowacka in Hadar, Ethiopia Human life history is unique among living primates. Humans grow slowly and have long lifespans coupled with short inter-birth intervals, resulting… more »
Halszka Glowacka in Hadar, Ethiopia Human life history is unique among living primates. Humans grow slowly and have long lifespans coupled with short inter-birth intervals, resulting… more »
06.26.15Grantee Spotlight: Thierra Nalley
Grantee Spotlight The next grantee from our spring 2015 cycle is Thierra Nalley from the California Academy of Sciences. Her project is entitled “Ontogeny of the thoracolumbar transition in extant hominoids and Australopithecus.” Thierra Nalley and a digital reconstruction of the fossil hominin DIK 1-1
Walking on two legs, or bipedalism, is a hallmark adaptation of the human lineage. A requirement for… more »
06.23.15Grantee Spotlight: Karline R. L. Janmaat
Grantee Spotlight Introducing Karline Janmaat from the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in our spring 2015 cycle for her project entitled “The ecological intelligence of human rainforest foragers.” Karline Janmaat. Photo credit: Bill Loubelo
Many primates have developed mental abilities that help them keep track of when and where… more »
06.19.15Grantee Spotlight: Gabrielle Russo
Grantee Spotlight The next spring 2015 Leakey Foundation grantee we would like to introduce you to is Gabrielle Russo from Stony Brook University. Her project is entitled “Elucidating the evolutionary pathways of hominin basicranial morphology using a formal phylogenetic comparative primate approach.” Gabrielle Russo (R) and collaborator Jeroen B. Smaers
The morphology of the basicranium (base… more »
06.15.15Grantee Spotlight: Paola Villa
Grantee Spotlight 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
Current evidence suggests that modern humans evolved and… more »
Dr. Paola Villa
Current evidence suggests that modern humans evolved and… more »
05.05.15Grantee Spotlight: Sarie Van Belle
Grantee Spotlight 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 titi monkey, Callicebus… more »
03.29.15Grantee Spotlight: Lauren Gonzales
Grantee Spotlight Lauren Gonzales is a PhD candidate from Duke University. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in the fall of 2013 for her project entitled “Intraspecific variation in semicircular canal morphology in platyrrhine monkeys.” Lauren Gonzales
Understanding the functional relationship between locomotion and the morphology of the semicircular canals is an important adjunct… more »
03.16.15Grantee Spotlight: Elizabeth Moffett
Grantee Spotlight We are pleased to introduce Elizabeth Moffett, PhD candidate from University of Missouri, who was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in December 2014 for her project entitled “Birth and its effects on anthropoid pelvic shape and integration.” Elizabeth Moffett
Birth selection is thought to be one of the most important pressures shaping the primate pelvis. Yet, it remains unclear… more »
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