Shedding light on early ape evolution
Imagine stepping into a time machine and traveling back millions of years to an era when ancient apes and primates roamed the Earth. Deepak Choudhary's research seeks to do just that.
Can chimpanzees teach themselves to use tools?
Primatologist Tobias Deschner is exploring whether wild chimpanzees can invent nut-cracking behavior on their own or if it must be learned from others.
How fruit foraging shaped primate evolution
Allegra DePasquale is a Leakey Foundation grantee who studies how interactions between primates, fruiting plants, and other fruit-eating animals have shaped the evolution of key primate traits.
What burnt wood tells us about human history
Tefera Tarekegn Bayu is an archaeologist studying ancient charcoal remains to reconstruct how humans interacted with the environment.
Grantee Spotlight: Altayeb Abdalla Hassbrabo Mohammed
Altayeb Abdalla Hassbrabo Mohammed is a Leakey Foundation Baldwin Fellow from Sudan who is working to become an expert in stone tool analysis.