From the Field: Nikki Garret
Niki Garrett is a PhD candidate from the University of Minnesota. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in the fall of 2013 for her project entitled “Compound specific paleoecology of Early Miocene hominoids from East Africa.” Here is a brief description of her research followed by a report from the field.
I am interested in the relationship between<br>
From the Field: Claudia Wilke
Claudia Wilke
Claudia Wilke is a PhD candidate at the University of York in the United Kingdom. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant during our fall 2013 cycle for her project entitled “Are cooperative chimpanzees more communicative (Kibale Forest, Uganda)?” Here she gives us an update on her field season and how her research is progressing.
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From the Field: Amanda Lea, Amboseli Basin, Kenya
This January we introduced you to Amanda Lea. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in our fall 2014 cycle for her project entitled “Effects of social conditions on DNA methylation and immune function.” Here she updates us on the her latest field season.
When we dart a baboon, we process it near its social group so that the<br>
From the Field: Alia Gurtov
Alia Gurtov at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
This January we introduced you to fall 2014 grantee Alia Gurtov. Here she updates us on the progress of her project entitled “Dental microwear analysis of Early Pleistocene hominin foraging seasonality.”
I have long been interested in the ecological constraints on ancient human behavior. For my PhD research, I am studying the impact of<br>
From the Field: Nicole Squyres
Nicole Squyres is a PhD candidate from Johns Hopkins University. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in our fall 2014 cycle for her project entitled “Morphological variation in the distal femur of modern humans and fossil hominins.”
Nicole Squyres
The Leakey Foundation Research Grant has funded my travels to several different skeletal collections both within the US and<br>