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08.22.18Enigmatic Fossils Rewrite Story of When Lemurs Got to Madagascar
Journal Article Discovered more than half a century ago in Kenya and sitting in museum storage ever since, the roughly 20-million-year-old fossil Propotto leakeyi was long classified as a fruit bat. Now, it's helping researchers rethink the early evolution of lemurs, distant primate cousins of humans that today are only found on the island of Madagascar, some 250 miles off the eastern coast of Africa.
08.22.18Massive Monumental Cemetery Discovered in Kenya
Journal Article An international team, including Leakey Foundation grantees and researchers at Stony Brook University and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, has found the earliest and largest monumental cemetery in eastern Africa.
08.15.18The Great Migration
Grants, The Leakey Foundation We are happy to report The Leakey Foundation's grants department has now migrated to the cloud version of our granting software, Grantmaking. Read on to learn more about some of the changes you may experience moving forward.
08.09.18Indigenous Peoples Day 2018
In the News There are at least 370 million indigenous people in some 90 countries around the world. Practicing unique traditions, they retain social, cultural, economic and political characteristics that are distinct from those of the dominant societies within which they live.
08.07.18Grantee Spotlight: Steffen Mischke
Grantee Spotlight Steffen Mischke of the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our fall 2017 cycle for his project entitled "Environment of early hominins outside of Africa: The Nihewan Basin."
08.07.18Louis Leakey’s Legacy
The Leakey Foundation, Today in History Louis S.B. Leakey was born on this day in 1903. To celebrate him and his legacy, we invite you to learn a little more about the jovial man who devoted his life to uncovering our shared past.
08.06.18Fall 2018 Lectures Announced
Speaker Series Mark your calendar for our fall 2018 lecture series featuring Nina Jablonski, John Mitani, and Craig Stanford.
07.24.18Grantee Spotlight: Kevin Hatala
Grantee Spotlight Kevin Hatala is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Chatham University. He was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in our fall 2017 cycle for his project entitled “Paleoecological investigation of 1.5 Ma footprint sites near Nariokotome, Kenya.”
07.11.1850th Anniversary Gala Triumph
The Leakey Foundation, Director's Diary Leakey Foundation supporters and grantees gathered in San Francisco on May 3 to celebrate 50 years of exploration, discovery and sharing our human story.
07.11.18First Report of Habitual Stone Tool Use by Cebus Monkeys
Journal Article White-faced capuchin monkeys in Panama’s Coiba National Park habitually use hammer-and-anvil stones to break hermit crab shells, snail shells, coconuts and other food items, according to research conducted by Leakey Foundation grantees. This is the first report of habitual stone-tool use by Cebus monkeys.
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