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11.22.17Chimp Females Who Leave Home Postpone Parenthood
Journal Article, In the News New moms need social support, and mother chimpanzees are no exception. So much so that female chimps that lack supportive friends and family wait longer to start having babies, according to researchers who have combed through the records of Jane Goodall's famous Gombe chimpanzees.
11.07.17Grantee Spotlight: David Samson
Grantee Spotlight David Samson is from the University of Toronto, Mississauga. He was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our spring cycle for his project entitled "What drives sleep flexibility? A comparative investigation of circumpolar and equatorial hunter-gatherers."
11.02.17Scientists Discover New Orangutan Species
Journal Article, In the News With funding from The Leakey Foundation, scientists have discovered a new species of orangutan in Sumatra. This great ape is "among the most threatened great apes in the world."
10.31.17Grantee Spotlight: Carrie Miller
Grantee Spotlight Carrie Miller is a PhD candidate from the University of Minnesota. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our spring 2017 cycle for her project entitled "Does paternity certainty elicit protection and support of offspring by male gelada monkeys?"
10.24.17Grantee Spotlight: Elaine Guevara
Grantee Spotlight Elaine Guevara was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our spring 2017 cycle for her project entitled "Epigenetics of primate longevity."
10.20.17Science Speakeasy: Fake or Fact?
Science Speakeasy The Leakey Foundation is teaming up with the Bay Area Science Festival to explore how to separate what’s fake and what’s fact when it comes to science.
10.20.17Video: Isaiah Nengo
Speaker Series, VideoOn October 12, 2017, The Leakey Foundation in partnership with the Chicago Council of Science and Technology (C2ST) presented “Alesi: The Life, Death, and Discovery of an Ancestor” with speaker Isaiah Nengo.
The recent discovery of a 13 million-year-old fossil infant ape skull has offered a rare glimpse of what the common ancestor of all living apes and humans… more »
10.19.17Grantee Spotlight: Joel Bray
Grantee Spotlight Joel Bray is a PhD candidate from Arizona State University. He was awarded a Leakey Foundation Grant to study the role of development and early social experiences in male chimpanzee social behavior.
10.17.17From the Field: Kristin Sabbi, Uganda
From the Field Kristin Sabbi was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our spring 2016 cycle. Here she updates us on her third field season in Kibale National Park, Uganda.
10.12.17Grantee Spotlight: Laura Abondano
Grantee Spotlight We are excited to begin sharing the work of our spring 2017 grantees! Here we have Laura Abondano, who was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant for her project entitled "Mating strategies of female lowland woolly monkeys in Amazonian Ecuador."
