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09.17.21Bone tools from Morocco indicate the production of clothing by 120,000 to 90,000 years ago
Journal Article The invention of clothing and the development of the tools needed to create it, are milestones in the story of humanity. A new study, supported in part by The Leakey Foundation, provides strong evidence for the manufacture of clothing as far back as 120,000 years ago.
09.08.21Grantee Spotlight: Giulia Gallo
Grantee Spotlight Did all Neanderthals need or use fire? Giulia Gallo is a PhD candidate at UC Davis whose research is focused on Neanderthal fire use and maintenance. Her Leakey Foundation-supported project will help us to understand the different ways Neanderthals used fire.
09.03.21Prehistoric climate change channelled human migrations across Arabia
Journal Article, In the News Researchers, supported in part by The Leakey Foundation, have found that early humans spread into Saudi Arabia multiple times over the past 400,000 years.
09.02.21Did Dads Evolve?
Guest Post Most male mammals are not involved in raising their offspring. Anthropological observations of fatherhood can provide insight into how—and why—humans are so different.
08.04.21Live This Month: August
The Leakey Foundation, Lunch Break Science Join The Leakey Foundation for three exciting virtual events this August!
07.01.21Homo longi: Extinct human species that may replace Neanderthals as our closest relatives found in China
Journal Article In 1933 a mysterious fossil skull was discovered near Harbin City in the Heilongjiang province of north-eastern China. Despite being nearly perfectly preserved – with square eye sockets, thick brow ridges and large teeth – nobody could work out exactly what it was. The skull is much bigger than that of Homo sapiens and other human species – and its brain size is similar to that of our own species. Historical events left it without a secure place of origin or date, until today.
06.30.21Live this Month: July
Support Us, Lunch Break Science Join The Leakey Foundation for three exciting virtual events this July!
06.17.21Communicating about human evolution
In the News, Speaker Series, Education Evolution can be a controversial and sensitive topic in America. According to a 2019 survey from the Pew Research Center, 36% of American adults say they do not accept evolution. How can scientists and educators help shift public understanding and acceptance of human evolution?
06.04.21Introducing our spring 2021 grantees
Grants, The Leakey Foundation We are pleased to announce the 24 recipients of our spring 2021 Leakey Foundation Research Grants. Their diverse research projects include studies of resource use by early human ancestors, the impacts of early life adversity on baboons, the origins of primate pair-bonding, investigations of ancient climates and diets, as well as several new hominin fossil excavations.
06.04.21Announcing the 2021 Baldwin Fellows
Grants, The Leakey Foundation, Baldwin Fellows Since 1978, the prestigious Baldwin Fellowship has worked to build scientific capacity in the regions where fossils and wild primates are found. We are proud to introduce the outstanding spring 2021 cohort of new and returning Baldwin Fellows.
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