Reconstructing ancient African ecosystems
Leakey Foundation grantee Madeleine Kelly reconstructs early African ecosystems and explores how they shaped human evolution.
How diet impacts primate evolution
Jacqueline Garnett is a PhD candidate at Washington University in St. Louis whose research asks what the impact of previous evolution is on future evolutionary potential. Her Leakey-funded project is focused on the role of diet in evolution.
Grantee Spotlight: Raquel Hernando
Raquel Hernando, a postdoctoral researcher at CENIEH and Leakey Foundation grantee, reconstructs the diets of fossil primates to understand how they adapted to environmental change.
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.