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12.05.16Director’s Diary: France and Germany
The Leakey Foundation, Director's Diary, Travel When I stood in the dimly lit overhang at Abri de Cap Blanc in the Dordogne region of France and my eyes beheld the carved horse in sandstone (15,000ya) I was reminded that the capabilities to imagine and create lie deep in our species’ DNA.
12.05.16Beyond the Cave Wall
Guest Post, Travel Sharon Metzler Dow is a Leakey Foundation Fellow. She traveled to France with The Leakey Foundation and wrote this poem inspired by her experiences on the trip.
11.28.16The Holidays are Here!
The Leakey Foundation, Support Us Now is the perfect time to make a gift to The Leakey Foundation in support of science. Two generous donors have offered the foundation a matching challenge! Every donation made to The Leakey Foundation will be matched 1:1 up to one million dollars.
11.22.16Grantee Spotlight: Jason Lewis
Grantee Spotlight Jason E. Lewis is a Research Assistant Professor wth the Turkana Basin Institute and Department of Anthropology at Stony Brook University. He was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant for his project entitled “Pleistocene & Holocene archaeological assemblages from Kisese II Shelter, Tanzania.”
11.15.16Grantee Spotlight: Laurence Dumouchel
Grantee Spotlight Laurence Dumouchel is a PhD candidate from George Washington University. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in the spring of 2016 for her project entitled "The environments of the earliest obligate biped, Australopithecus anamensis." Here we have a summary of her work.
11.10.16From the Field: Ekwoge Abwe, Cameroon
From the Field Spring 2016 grantee Ekwoge Abwe has shared some news from the field!
11.08.16Grantee Spotlight: Katharine Burke
Grantee Spotlight Katharine Burke is a PhD candidate from the University at Buffalo. In the spring of 2016 she was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant for her project entitled “Social network, personality and physiological stress levels in juvenile rhesus.” Here she has provided us with a summary of her work. I am investigating possible links between social support, personality and stress buffering… more »
11.04.16Grantee Spotlight: Ekwoge Abwe
Grantee Spotlight Ekwoge Abwe was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant during our spring 2016 cycle for his project entitled "Behavioral diversity with genetic and ecological variation in chimpanzees, Cameroon." Here he gives us a summary of his project. Stay tuned for news from the field!
11.01.16New Videos Just Released!
The Leakey Foundation, Speaker Series, Being Human Did you miss one of our recent Leakey Foundation events? Or maybe you want to re-watch one of the events you attended? We are pleased to announce that we have just released many of the videos from our Being Human event series held in 2015 and 2016!
10.27.16From the Field: Thomas Kraft
From the Field Thomas Kraft was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant during our spring 2016 cycle for his project entitled "Shifting co-residence and interaction patterns in a transitioning hunter-gatherer society." Here he updates us on his latest field season.
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