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04.20.21Study of “Little Foot” sheds new light on ancient locomotion
Journal Article High-tech analysis has revealed intriguing new information about "Little Foot", a 3.67 million-year-old Australopithecus fossil from South Africa. New Leakey Foundation-supported research on the upper body of famed fossil opens a window to a pivotal period in human evolution.
04.13.21Grantee Spotlight: Lucy Timbrell
Grantee Spotlight Leakey Foundation grantee Lucy Timbrell aims to contribute to new knowledge about how early modern populations were structured across the landscape. Read more about her research, her science communication projects, and the ways her work has been impacted by the global pandemic.
04.07.21Grantee Spotlight: Tesla Monson
Grantee Spotlight Dr. Tesla Monson is a Leakey Foundation grant recipient whose research focuses on understanding how the skull has evolved. Her Leakey Foundation-supported research project will use data from museum collections to investigate cranial variation in colobine monkeys, a sub-family of monkeys that is not well-studied.
03.31.21Live this Month: April
Speaker Series, Lecture, Lunch Break Science Join The Leakey Foundation for four online programs this April.
03.08.21Well-timed pebbles make big ripples
The Leakey Foundation Leakey Foundation grantee Nina Jablonski is one of the "small but mighty population of people whose careers have been ignited and sustained by Leakey Foundation support, and whose research, in turn, has shed light on previously opaque mysteries of human and primate evolution."
02.24.21Earliest-known fossil primate discovered in Montana
Journal Article, In the News A new Leakey Foundation-supported study published Feb. 24 in the journal Royal Society Open Science documents the earliest-known fossil evidence of primates. This discovery illustrates the initial radiation of primates 66 million years ago, following the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs and led to the rise of mammals.
02.09.21What Charles Darwin got right–and wrong about human evolution
Speaker Series, Press Release On Saturday, February 13, The Leakey Foundation is hosting a free online event that will explore how scientific ideas are tested and examine why some of Darwin’s ideas have withstood more than a century of scrutiny, while others have not.
02.03.21Live this Month: February
The Leakey Foundation, Speaker Series, Lecture, Lunch Break Science Join us for three fascinating live programs this month. Learn about the hominin fossil record and explore what Charles Darwin got right–and wrong about human evolution.
02.02.21Sleeping by the cycles of the moon
Journal Article For centuries, humans have blamed the moon for our moods, accidents and even natural disasters. New Leakey Foundation-supported research indicates that our planet's celestial companion impacts something else entirely–our sleep.
01.14.21Introducing Our Fall 2020 Research Grant Recipients
Grants, The Leakey Foundation We are pleased to announce the 31 recipients of our fall 2020 research grants.
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