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Chimpanzees more likely to share tools, teach skills when task is complex
Journal Article Teach a chimpanzee to fish for insects to eat, and you feed her for a lifetime. Teach her a better way to use tools in gathering prey, and you may change the course of evolution.
Indonesian Cave Paintings Show the Dawn of Imaginative Art
Journal Article By Adam Brumm, Griffith University; Adhi Oktaviana, Griffith University, and Maxime Aubert, Griffith University Our team has discovered a cave painting in Indonesia that is at least 44,000 years old and which may cast new light on the beginnings of modern religious culture.
This ancient painting from the island of Sulawesi consists of a scene portraying part-human, part-animal figures hunting wild… more »
Origin Stories: The Denisovans
Origin Stories In this episode of our Origin Stories podcast, Leakey Foundation grantee Bence Viola tells the story of the Denisovans. This group of archaic humans was first discovered through a tiny fragment of a pinky bone found in a Siberian cave. Ancient DNA inside the fossil hid a previously unknown history of humankind. Now new research is uncovering more information about the mysterious Denisovans.
Giving Tuesday Donations Will Be Matched
The Leakey Foundation, Support Us This Giving Tuesday, all donations up to $5,000 will be quadruple-matched, thanks to Gordon and Ann Getty and Leakey Foundation Fellow Gianni Amato. All donations above that amount will be doubled.
Fossil Finders: Heselon Mukiri
Guest Post, Fossil Finders In this installment of our "Fossil Finders" series, Leakey Foundation Fellow Carol Broderick brings us the story of Heselon Mukiri who made several important discoveries and worked with Louis Leakey since the beginning of Leakey's career.
Global Climate Change Concerns for Africa’s Lake Victoria
Journal Article Global climate change could cause Africa’s Lake Victoria, the world’s largest tropical lake and source of the Nile River, to dry up in the next 500 years, according to new findings funded in part by The Leakey Foundation. Even more imminent, the White Nile — one of the two main tributaries of the Nile — could lose its source waters in just a decade.
From the Field: Kelly Ostrofsky, Uganda
From the Field Leakey Foundation grantee Kelly Ostrofsky spent the last several months working at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, getting to know the mountain gorillas that live in the Ruhija sector of the forest.
Grantee Spotlight: Andrew Bernard
Grantee Spotlight Will primates move to track changes in their habitats, or might they modify their behavior, or even adapt, in place? If they do move, why? What elements of their habitats are actually changing that make it more or less preferable? These questions frame Leakey Foundation grantee Andrew Bernard's dissertation research in Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.
The Piltdown Man Hoax
Origin Stories The latest episode of The Leakey Foundation's Origin Stories podcast explores the story of the infamous Piltdown Man hoax.
Grantee Spotlight: Kelly Ostrofsky
Grantee Spotlight Leakey Foundation grantee Kelly Ostrofsky studies how wild apes move and climb in their natural habitats. As our closest living relatives, these apes provide an important comparative context for understanding how our ancestors may have moved and climbed.
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