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06.18.20Introducing the 2020 Baldwin Fellows
Grants The Leakey Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2020 Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial Fellowships. These Fellowships are awarded to graduate students from countries where there are limited opportunities for advanced training and education in fields of research related to the study of human origins.
06.18.20Introducing Our Spring 2020 Grantees
Grants, The Leakey Foundation The Leakey Foundation is proud to introduce the 31 recipients of our spring 2020 research grants.
06.09.20Summer Virtual Series Lunch Break Science Launches June 25
Education, Lecture The Leakey Foundation is excited to announce our summer virtual series Lunch Break Science will be streaming to our Facebook and YouTube pages starting Thursday, June 25 at 11 am PDT.
06.05.20The Leakey Foundation Stands Against Racism
The Leakey Foundation Black lives matter. Oppressive racist systems profoundly harm Black people. The Leakey Foundation stands in solidarity with those who seek to end the pain of systemic racism.
06.03.20Two New Fossil Primate Species Discovered at Gona in Ethiopia
Journal Article Leakey Foundation grantee Sileshi Semaw from the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is coauthor of a paper published in the Journal of Human Evolution that describes two newly discovered primate species.
06.01.20Zaneta Thayer on Discrimination, Stress, and Health
Speaker Series, Video This month's featured video is from biological anthropologist Zaneta Thayer of Dartmouth College. Her 2017 talk at the American Museum of Natural History addresses how trauma, poverty, and racial discrimination create health inequalities.
05.19.20Down Ancient Trails
Education, Lecture Leakey Foundation grantee Shanti Pappu and her colleagues are hosting free online lectures on archaeology and human evolution. Many of the featured speakers are Leakey Foundation grantees.
05.08.20Pardis Sabeti on Evolutionary Forces in Humans and Pathogens
Video This month's featured video is Dr. Pardis Sabeti's talk on "Evolutionary Forces in Humans and Pathogens" from our 2016 Survival Symposium. This symposium focused on evolution and the many challenges facing the survival of our species.
04.23.20Punishing Selfish Behavior May Be a Universal Human Response
Journal Article New research by Leakey Foundation Scientific Executive Committee Member Joan Silk suggests that humans willingly incur costs to punish selfishness in others, and our societies are likely more cooperative as a result.
04.21.20Lesson Plans for Online Learning
The Leakey Foundation, Education As teachers scramble to move courses online during the coronavirus pandemic, The Leakey Foundation understands the urgent need to offer free, high quality educational tools. A challenge of this magnitude requires creative solutions to meet the demand, and that is why the Foundation is focusing on projects that address the critical situation facing educators today.
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