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Grantee Status: PhD holder

John Polk

Institution: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Project Title: Lower limb posture in Australopithecus sediba and extant apes Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 12/7/13  

Elizabeth Price

Institution: Newcastle University Project Title: Planning in orangutans: Investigating the evolution of mental time travel Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 12/7/13  

Sileshi Semaw

Institution: Centro Nacional de Investigacion sobre la Evolucion Humana (CENIEH) Project Title: Continued excavations exploring the Oldowan-Acheulian transition at Gona, Ethiopia Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 12/7/13  

Ron Shimelmitz

Institution: University of Haifa Project Title: Human-environment interactions during the Upper Paleolithic of Sefunim Cave, Israel Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 12/7/13  

Ryan Raaum

Institution: Research Foundation, CUNY Project Title: Seeking more descendants of the pre-agricultural populations of East Africa Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 4/26/14  

I [name], of [city, state ZIP], bequeath the sum of $[ ] or [ ] percent of my estate to L.S.B. Leakey Foundation for Research Related to Man’s Origins, Behavior & Survival, (dba The Leakey Foundation), a nonprofit organization with a business address of 1003B O’Reilly Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94129 and a tax identification number 95-2536475 for its unrestricted use and purpose.

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