The Leakey Foundation

01.08.20

Announcing the Joan Cogswell Donner Field School Scholarship

Grants, In the News, The Leakey Foundation

The Leakey Foundation is proud to announce the Joan Cogswell Donner Field School Scholarship which will provide grants of up to $2,000 to students from countries where there are abundant scientific resources but limited resources for academic development.

08.28.19

A 3.8-Million-Year-Old Fossil From Ethiopia Reveals the Face of Lucy’s Ancestor

Journal Article, In the News

Leakey Foundation grantee Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie and his team of researchers have discovered a "remarkably complete" cranium of a 3.8-million-year-old early human ancestor from the Woranso-Mille paleontological site, located in the Afar region of Ethiopia.

06.19.19

Leakey Foundation Grantee Featured in New PBS and Smithsonian Channel Film

In the News

In the new film “When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time,” Leakey Foundation grantee and Wake Forest University anthropology professor Ellen Miller stands on a rocky hillside in northern Kenya carefully uncovering 16 million-year-old fossil elephant teeth. Miller is one of several scientists from around the world featured in the two-hour film, created in a first-ever partnership between PBS and Smithsonian Channel.

05.10.19

National Parks Could Save Endangered Species

Journal Article, In the News

Research led by Leakey Foundation grantee Stacy Lindshield shows how protected areas like national parks are effectively preserving many mammal species in Senegal.

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.