Ancient Teeth from Peru Hint Now-Extinct Monkeys Crossed Atlantic from Africa
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.
Dozens of Non-Human Primate Species Are Vulnerable to COVID-19
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.
In South Africa, Three Hominins, Including Earliest Homo erectus, Lived during the Same Period
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.
Baby Steps: This Ancient Skull Is Helping Us Trace the Path That Led to Modern Childhood
New findings by Leakey Foundation grantees reveal the slowing down of brain development in our ape-like ancestors began more than three million-years-ago.
Oldest Ever Human Genetic Evidence Retrieved from 800,000-Year-Old Fossil
An important advancement in human evolution studies has been achieved after scientists retrieved the oldest human genetic data set from an 800,000-year-old tooth belonging to the hominin species Homo antecessor.