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08.16.16

Twenty-Five Little Bones Tell a Puzzling Story About Early Primate Evolution

A cache of exquisitely preserved bones, found in a coal mine in the state of Gujarat, India, appear to be the most primitive primate bones yet discovered, according to an analysis led by researchers from The Johns Hopkins University and Des Moines University, funded in part by a grant from The Leakey Foundation.

06.03.15

Being Human: An Initiative and Partnership with the Baumann Foundation

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The Leakey Foundation is thrilled to announce Being Human, a new collaboration with the Baumann Foundation.

05.28.15

New Species of Early Human Discovered in Ethiopia

Journal Article, In the News

A new relative joins “Lucy” on the human family tree. An international team of scientists led by seven-time Leakey Foundation grantee Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has discovered a 3.3 to 3.5 million-year-old new hominin species (more closely related to humans than to chimps). Upper and lower jaw fossils recovered from the Woranso-Mille area… more »

05.15.15

Baboons prefer to spend time with others of the same age, status, and personality

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New research funded in part by The Leakey Foundation shows that chacma baboons within a troop spend more of their time with baboons that have similar characteristics to themselves: associating with those of a similar age, dominance rank and even personality type such as boldness. This is known as homophily, or ‘love of the same’.

“This happens in humans all the time; we hang out with people who have the same

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03.06.15

Fossil jaw sheds light on the early evolution of Homo

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A close up view of the fossil just steps from where it was discovered by Chalachew Seyoum. Photo by Brian Villmoare. A fossil lower jaw found in the Afar Region of Ethiopia pushes back evidence for the human genus Homo to 2.8 million years ago. The jaw with five teeth was found by Chalachew Seyoum, a Baldwin Fellow and Arizona State University paleoanthropology graduate student from Ethiopia.… more »

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