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07.26.16The Secret Lives of Female Chimpanzees
Speaker Series Come learn about the fascinating lives of female chimpanzees with Chicago Council on Science and Technology (C2ST) and The Leakey Foundation.
Female apes are often overshadowed by their larger, more boisterous male counterparts. The subtlety of social behavior in female chimpanzees belies a complex set of strategies that allow them to navigate the costs and benefits of group life.
By combining decades… more »
07.21.16Being Human: Robert Sapolsky Video
Video, Being Human Check out the video from our Being Human event in October 2015 and find a special offer for our next event on July 28th.
07.20.16Grantee Spotlight: Kelsey Pugh
Grantee Spotlight Kelsey Pugh was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our spring 2016 cycle for her project entitled “Mid-Late miocene hominoid phylogeny: Implications for ape and human evolution.” She is a PhD candidate from the City University of New York. The living great apes, humans, and their fossil relatives (hominids) are among the most intensively studied mammals, yet many aspects… more »
07.13.16Grantee Spotlight: Nicole Thompson
Grantee Spotlight Nicole Thompson is a PhD candidate at Columbia University. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our spring 2016 cycle for her project entitled “The benefits of social connections during development in blue monkeys in Kakamega, Kenya.” We (primates) have strongly differentiated social relationships — not all social partners are created equal, and whom we associate… more »
07.05.16Grantee Spotlight: Kathryn McGrath
Grantee Spotlight Kathryn McGrath was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant for her project entitled "Understanding stress-related enamel defects in wild mountain gorillas."
06.28.16Grantee Spotlight: Kristin Sabbi
Grantee Spotlight Kristin Sabbi was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant in the spring of 2016 for her project entitled "The ontogeny of sex-typed social behavior among East African chimpanzees."
06.21.16Grantee Spotlight: Erica Dunayer
Grantee Spotlight Erica Dunayer was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant for her project entitled "Influence of stress for market exchanges in Cayo Santiago macaques."
06.15.16Lucy Had Neighbors: A Review of African Fossils
Journal Article If “Lucy” wasn’t alone, who else was in her neighborhood? Key fossil discoveries over the last few decades in Africa indicate that multiple early human ancestor species lived at the same time more than 3 million years ago. A new review of fossil evidence from the last few decades examines four identified hominin species that co-existed between 3.8 and 3.3 million years ago during the… more »
06.07.16Grantee Spotlight: Todd Disotell
Grantee Spotlight Todd Disotell was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research grant for his project entitled "Exome sequencing of the Cercocebus-Mandrillus clade."
06.01.16Introducing Our Spring 2016 Grantees
Grants, The Leakey Foundation The Leakey Foundation held its Spring Granting Session on April 30, 2016. Our Board of Trustees unanimously approved thirty-two research grant proposals for funding this cycle.
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