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08.07.17From the Field: Kathryn McGrath
From the Field Kathryn McGrath was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant in our spring 2016 cycle for her project entitled “Understanding stress-related enamel defects in wild mountain gorillas.” Here she updates us on her progress.
08.03.17Primate Tales: The Story of Moth, a White-Faced Capuchin
Primate Tales The first installment of our Primate Tales series is the story of Moth, a male capuchin monkey that lives in Costa Rica. Moth was born into Rambo’s group in 1992. The circumstances of his birth were somewhat unusual, as he is one of very few individuals born into this population who was not sired by the alpha male.
08.03.17Stress and Human Evolution
Video How do trauma, poverty, and racial discrimination influence our health? What about our evolutionary history causes our bodies to respond in this way? Biological anthropologist Zaneta Thayer explores the biological mechanisms through which early life stress influences biology and health later on. This lecture took place at the American Museum of Natural History on April 5, 2017.
08.01.17Write for Us!
The Leakey Foundation, Support Us Are you a Leakey Foundation grantee and are interested in writing for us? Check out this post and learn about opportunities to share your work!
07.29.17It’s not that your teeth are too big: your jaw is too small
Guest Post We hold in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. We rarely consider just how amazing our teeth are.
07.13.17The Fall Grant Deadline Approaches!
Grants Our grants department is already receiving plenty of inquiries and quite a few letters of recommendation for our PhD candidate applicants, so I know there is a lot of grant writing going on around the world right now. While you get those proposals submitted, I thought I would share with you a few pointers.
07.11.17Science Speakeasy – Out of This World: From Caves to Space
Guest Post, Science Speakeasy Humans have an uncanny desire to explore the unknown. I think most of us can recall times where we’ve felt that curiosity to see what’s around that next corner or behind that dark door. Some of us follow that urge even further to go where no man (or woman) has been before, which leads them to some extreme situations.
06.23.17Ngogo Chimpanzees on Patrol
Journal Article, In the News Territorial boundary patrolling by chimpanzees is a striking example of group-level cooperation displayed by our closest primate relatives.
06.21.17From the Field: Marie-Hélène Moncel, Italy
From the Field Marie-Hélène Moncel was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant during our spring 2016 cycle for her project entitled “Early evidence of Acheulean bifacial technology in Europe. New fieldwork at Notarchirico (Italy).”
06.15.17Introducing the 2017 Baldwin Fellows
Grants, The Leakey Foundation Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial Fellowships are awarded to graduate students who are from developing countries and would like to pursue training and/or education abroad.
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