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01.31.17From the Field: Marco Peresani, University of Ferrara
From the Field Marco Peresani was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our spring 2015 cycle for his project entitled "Rediscovering the Uluzzian in Italy."
01.24.17Introducing the Recipient of the 2016 Gordon Getty Grant: Margaret Crofoot
Grants, The Leakey Foundation In December 2016 the Gordon P. Getty Grant was awarded to Margaret Crofoot for her project entitled "Dominance, social stability and the emergence of collective decisions in complex societies."
01.19.17Video: Tania Lombrozo, The Primates Who Tell Stories
Video, Being Human Check out the video from our March 2016 Being Human event featuring Tania Lombrozo: The Primates Who Tell Stories.
01.11.17Introducing Our Fall 2016 Grantees
Grants, The Leakey Foundation The Leakey Foundation held its Fall Granting Session on December 3, 2016. Our Board of Trustees unanimously approved twenty-one research grant proposals for funding this cycle.
01.09.17The Grant Application Deadline Approaches!
Grants, The Leakey Foundation While you get those proposals submitted, I thought I would share with you a few pointers based on some of the questions we have received.
01.03.17Grantee Spotlight: Marie-Hélène Moncel
Grantee Spotlight Marie-Hélène Moncel is a director of research at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France. She 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)."
12.29.16Grantee Spotlight: Rachna Reddy
Grantee Spotlight Rachna Reddy is a PhD candidate from the University of Michigan. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant during our spring 2016 cycle for her project entitled "The development of male reproductive strategies in wild chimpanzees."
12.27.16From the Field: Laurence Dumouchel
From the Field Laurence Dumouchel is a PhD candidate from George Washington University. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in the spring of 2016, and she was kind enough to send us an update on her progress as well as an insight into how she works.
12.20.16From the Field: Dorothée Drucker
From the Field My work takes place in the lab where bone samples are prepared for isotopic analysis. To reconstruct diet, carbon-13 and nitrogen-15 are measured to establish the origin of the dietary proteins. Collagen, the main protein in bone, is extracted from the bone sample after several steps of cleaning and purification.
12.15.16Grantee Spotlight: Rachel Perlman
Grantee Spotlight Rachel Perlman is a PhD candidate from Stony Brook University. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant during our spring 2016 cycle for her project entitled "The energetics of male reproductive strategies in geladas (Theropithecus gelada)."
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