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12.01.14From the Field: Oliver Paine, Cradle Nature Reserve, South Africa
From the FieldRecent studies have suggested that C4 plants played a larger role in early hominin diets than previously believed, thus making a systematic effort to determine the costs and benefits of C4 plants for hominin consumption that much more important in helping to model early hominin dietary behavior. The following is a short update from Leakey Foundation spring 2014 grantee… more »
11.26.14From the Field: E.A. Quinn, Nubri, Nepal
From the Field Leakey Foundation grantee E.A. Quinn of Washington University sent this video field report from her research in Nubri, Nepal. Her project investigates the associations between adaptation to a high altitude environment, mother’s milk, and infant growth. It was filmed by her colleague Geoff Childs. … more »
11.19.14Ta ̈ı chimpanzees anticipate revisiting high-valued fruit trees from further distances
Journal Article, Baldwin FellowsBaldwin Fellow Simone Dagui Ban is a PhD student from the Félix Houphouët Boigny University in Côte d’Ivoire. Following the 2010-11 election crisis that made studying in her home country impossible, Ban was given the opportunity to study at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology for one year. She was awarded her first Franklin Mosher Baldwin… more »
11.17.14Grantee Spotlight: Philip A. Slater
Grantee SpotlightIn spring of 2013 Philip A. Slater, PhD candidate at the University of Illinois, was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant for his project entitled “Planning and technological organization in the Kenyan MSA and LSA.” The following is a short update on his progress. Small and intentionally dug hole that contained about 550 artifacts. The people… more »
11.14.14From the Field: Anne E. Russon, Kutai National Park, Borneo
From the FieldAnne E. Russon and her team have been collecting field data on east Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) at the newly established Bendili study area (northern border of Kutai National Park) since January 2010. Russon has been awarded two grants by The Leakey Foundation for her study of the ranging behavior and diet of this population, which due to the harsh environment… more »
11.12.14From the Field: Alexandra Uhl at the StEvE Conference, University of Tübingen
From the FieldLeakey Foundation grantee Alexandra Uhl, PhD candidate from the University of Tübingen in Germany, reports from the StEvE Conference. EvE is a semester seminar series at the University of Tübingen with speakers who talk about their research in Evolution and Ecology. The StEvE conference is organized within the EvE for Students… So St(udents) and EvE… more »
11.12.14From the Field: Alexandra Uhl at the StEvE Conference, University of Tübingen
From the FieldLeakey Foundation grantee Alexandra Uhl, PhD candidate from the University of Tübingen in Germany, reports from the StEvE Conference. EvE is a semester seminar series at the University of Tübingen with speakers who talk about their research in Evolution and Ecology. The StEvE conference is organized within the EvE for Students… So St(udents) and EvE = StEVE. … more »
11.10.14Grantee Spotlight: Alexandra Uhl
Grantee SpotlightIn the spring of 2014 The Leakey Foundation awarded Alexandra Uhl, PhD candidate from the University of Tübingen in Germany, a research grant for her project entitled “Sex determination in geographically and ontogenetically diverse samples.” My research looks at sexual dimorphism (differences between males and females) in the bony labyrinth,… more »
11.04.14From the Field: Isaiah Nengo, Lake Turkana Basin, Kenya
From the FieldLeakey Foundation grantee Isaiah Nengo (spring 2014) has recently returned from the field with exciting news! Isaiah Nengo at work in the Lake Turkana Basin Plio-Pleistocene sediments of the Lake Turkana basin have provided numerous fossils key to our current understanding of the origin and evolutionary history of the hominid lineage in Africa. Scattered within… more »
11.03.14Grantee Spotlight: Nathan Thompson
Grantee Spotlight Nathan Thompson explaining to a kinematic subject how head motion relates to the semicircular canal organs in the inner ear. Nathan Thompson, PhD candidate from Stony Brook University, was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in spring of 2014 for his project entitled “Kinematics and evolution of upper body stability in hominins.” Humans… more »
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