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06.03.20

Two New Fossil Primate Species Discovered at Gona in Ethiopia

Leakey Foundation grantee Sileshi Semaw from the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is coauthor of a paper published in the Journal of Human Evolution that describes two newly discovered primate species.

04.23.20

Punishing Selfish Behavior May Be a Universal Human Response

Journal Article

New research by Leakey Foundation Scientific Executive Committee Member Joan Silk suggests that humans willingly incur costs to punish selfishness in others, and our societies are likely more cooperative as a result.

04.15.20

Ancient Teeth from Peru Hint Now-Extinct Monkeys Crossed Atlantic from Africa

Journal Article

A new discovery, funded in part by The Leakey Foundation, helps date the transatlantic migration of primates to about 34 million years ago, around the time a major drop in sea level would have made the ocean voyage shorter.

04.13.20

Dozens of Non-Human Primate Species Are Vulnerable to COVID-19

Journal Article, Behind the Science

Dozens of non-human primate species, including our closest relatives, are at risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection and are vulnerable to COVID-19, which could have devastating impacts on populations of primates that are already endangered.

04.03.20

In South Africa, Three Hominins, Including Earliest Homo erectus, Lived during the Same Period

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Nearly 2 million years ago, three hominin genera - Australopithecus, Paranthropus and the earliest Homo erectus lineage - lived as contemporaries in the karst landscape of what is now South Africa, according to a new geochronological evaluation of the hominin fossil-rich Drimolen Paleocave complex.

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