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10.26.16In Defense of Science
The Leakey Foundation As I helped put together our issue-based fundraising appeal letter last week, I was struck by the sentence at the top of the page. “Science is under attack in the 21st century.” This is not to imply that this is something new. Science was under attack in the last century and the century before as well. The implication is that science is STILL under attack, and that is what’s unsettling to me. I ask, still?
10.26.16Name Our New Event Series
The Leakey Foundation The Leakey Foundation is hosting a new series of short science talks from great minds. These events are for ages 21 and up and feature fascinating talks, interactive activities, a full bar, delicious food, and plenty of time for asking questions and discussing science with your fellow attendees. Help us choose the best name for this fun science event series.
10.25.16Feeding Transitions in Wild Infant Chimpanzees
Journal Article Iulia Badescu was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our spring 2015 cycle for her project entitled "Investigating the infant nutritional development of wild chimpanzees." She was recently published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, and she was kind enough to summarize the article for our Leakey Foundation Blog.
10.20.16From the Field: Alecia Carter
From the Field The Leakey Foundation awarded Alecia Carter a Leakey Foundation research grant in the spring of 2016 for her project entitled "Constraints on the evolution of culture: Social information in Namibian baboons." Below she updates us on her 2016 field season.
10.11.16Grantee Spotlight: Thomas Kraft
Grantee Spotlight 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."
10.06.16Grantee Spotlight: Alecia Carter
Grantee Spotlight Alecia Carter was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research grant during our spring 2016 cycle for her project entitled "Constraints on the Evolution of Culture: Social Information in Namibian Baboons.”
10.04.16From the Field: Mathew Fox
From the Field Mathew Fox was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research grant in the spring of 2016 for his project entitled “Paleoenvironments of Homo erectus occupations in the Luonan Basin, China." Here he updates us on his 2016 field season.
09.08.16Grantee Spotlight: Stephanie Bogart
Grantee Spotlight Leakey Foundation grantee Stephani Bogart is part of a team that has established a new long-term research site in Senegal’s Niokolo Koba National Park to study how chimpanzees adapt to a savanna environment
09.06.16From the Field: Genevieve Housman
From the Field Genevieve Housman was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our fall 2015 cycle for her project entitled "Assessment of DNA methylation patterns in primate skeletal tissues." Here she updates us on her progress.
08.30.16Grantee Spotlight: Mathew Fox
Grantee Spotlight Mathew Fox, PhD candidate from the University of Arizona, was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our spring 2016 cycle for his project entitled "Paleoenvironments of Homo erectus occupations in the Luonan Basin, China."
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