Lunch Break Science ft. Christopher Schmitt

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In this rebroadcast episode of Lunch Break Science, Leakey Foundation Grantee Christopher Schmitt discusses the development and life histories of primates, especially vervet monkeys.

Event Series 2022 Virtual Summer Travel Series

2022 Virtual Summer Travel Series

Virtual Event Virtual Event

You’re invited to join our virtual Summer Travel Series and explore fascinating research sites with Leakey Foundation scientists as your guides. Support a good cause while you learn from top experts, tour places the public will never get to visit, and “Zoom” to the far corners of the world from the comfort of your own […]

Event Series 2022 Virtual Summer Travel Series

2022 Virtual Summer Travel Series

Virtual Event Virtual Event

You’re invited to join our virtual Summer Travel Series and explore fascinating research sites with Leakey Foundation scientists as your guides. Support a good cause while you learn from top experts, tour places the public will never get to visit, and “Zoom” to the far corners of the world from the comfort of your own […]

Event Series 2022 Virtual Summer Travel Series

2022 Virtual Summer Travel Series

Virtual Event Virtual Event

You’re invited to join our virtual Summer Travel Series and explore fascinating research sites with Leakey Foundation scientists as your guides. Support a good cause while you learn from top experts, tour places the public will never get to visit, and “Zoom” to the far corners of the world from the comfort of your own […]

50th Episode Celebration

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Take a break from your day and feed your brain with The Leakey Foundation! Lunch Break Science is The Leakey Foundation’s live-streamed web series. This series features interviews and short talks with Leakey Foundation grantees about the latest in human evolution research. Lunch Break Science is made possible by the generous support of the Ann and […]

At the Root of Human Hair

American Museum of Natural History 56 West 81st St., New York, NY, United States

In this in-person talk, biological anthropologist Dr. Tina Lasisi teases out the mysteries behind why humans have scalp hair and why we may have developed different hair textures as we've evolved.

The Future of the Past with New Technology and Ancient Fossils

Commonwealth Club 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, United States
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Cutting-edge technology is revolutionizing human origins research and changing the way we understand our uniquely human traits. In this lecture, Gordon P. Getty Award laureate Dr. Carol Ward will guide us through the process of finding fossils and using modern approaches to unlock their secrets.

$25