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01.13.16Introducing Our Fall 2015 Grantees
Grants, The Leakey Foundation The Leakey Foundation held its Fall Granting Session on December 5, 2015. Our Board of Trustees unanimously approved twenty three research grant proposals for funding this cycle.
01.08.16Validation of an Acoustic Location System to Monitor Bornean Orangutan Long Calls
Journal Article Brigitte Spillmann, PhD candidate at the University of Zurich, was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant in the spring of 2010 for her project entitled “The function(s) of a long-distance signal: The orangutan long call.” We recently featured a summary of her work along with her research report on our blog. Click here to read the post. We are now pleased to learn that she has published… more »
01.08.16From the Field: Marco Peresani, Fumane Cave, Italy
From the Field Marco Peresani was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant in the spring of 2015 for his project entitled "Rediscovering the Uluzzian in Italy."
12.15.15Deadline to Register for Tour of France Approaches!
Travel For many years The Leakey Foundation has been leading tours to some of the most fascinating and significant archaeological and anthropological sites in the world, and 2016 will be no different! We are offering Leakey Foundation Fellows the opportunity to take a journey to France.
12.10.15Animated Life: Mary Leakey
Video, Education This wonderful animated documentary by Flora Lichtman and Sharon Shattuck remembers the life and work of Mary Leakey.
12.02.15Welcome to Our New Website!
The Leakey Foundation On behalf of the staff and trustees of The Leakey Foundation, we would like to welcome you to our new website, a new tool in fulfilling our mission!
11.20.15Grantee Spotlight: Shannon McFarlin
Grantee Spotlight
Earlier this fall The Leakey Foundation’s board of trustees, staff and friends had the pleasure of visiting the Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology (CASHP) at The George Washington University. CASHP is a multidisciplinary research center dedicated to the study of human origins, and lucky for us, students and faculty of CASHP were kind enough to give us an extensive tour of their… more »
10.27.15Origin Stories Episode 06: Being a Nice Animal
Origin Stories For our sixth episode we have the first in a collection of stories looking at human behavior and how it’s been shaped by evolution. Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth share their research on the baboon mind.
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10.14.15Homo sapiens to the East of Eden
Journal Article María Martinón-Torres is a Leakey Foundation grantee from the University College London. She and her team were recently published in the journal Nature for their work in Southern China. She has been kind enough to provide us with her summary and thoughts on the significance of this find. The discovery of 47 human teeth with unequivocally modern morphologies from a cave in southern China reveals that our… more »
10.08.15From the Field: Rebecca Miller, Belgium
From the Field Dr. Rebecca Miller (Spring 2015 Grantee), with co-investigators Dr. John Stewart and Dr. Keith Wilkinson, completed this summer’s Leakey Foundation funded field season at the site of Trou Al’Wesse in Belgium. With an enthusiastic and meticulous team of students from the University of Liège, Bournemouth University and Winchester University, as well as two students doing doctoral and Master’s research… more »
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