The Leakey Foundation

03.20.19

Cleveland Here We Come: The Leakey Foundation Attends AAPA 2019!

The 88th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists will be held March 27-30, 2019, in Cleveland, Ohio. Several Leakey Foundation staff members will be attending the meeting to share information about our grant programs, and more.

03.18.19

From the Field: Sofya Dolotovskaya, Peru

From the Field

Sofya Dolotovskaya spent 14 months studying elusive titi monkeys in the Peruvian Amazon. Her Leakey Foundation funded research investigates aspects of pair-living in socially monogamous titi monkeys to see if social monogamy translates into genetic monogamy.

03.14.19

Origin Stories: Tepilit Ole Saitoti

Origin Stories, From the Archive

In this never-before-released archival lecture from 1980, Maasai warrior, author, and Leakey Foundation grantee Tepilit Ole Saitoti discusses the Maasai culture and the challenges facing the Maasai in Kenya and Tanzania.

03.11.19

New Chimpanzee Culture Discovered

Journal Article, In the News

Chimpanzees have a more elaborate and diversified material culture than any other nonhuman primate. Researchers have discovered new behaviors in a wild population of chimpanzees in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These behaviors include the use of tools to harvest ants and stingless bees.

03.05.19

New Findings Shed Light on Origin of Upright Walking