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Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric human relative walked upright and was tiny and vulnerable to predators.

Researchers discover the earliest human remains ever found in Western Europe, from a species previously unknown in this region, dating from 1.2-1.4 million years ago.

Researchers at Atapuerca have found the oldest-known human fossils in Western Europe.

Salmah Jombela is one of the few people in the world who has successfully habituated a community of wild chimpanzees. She studies chimps in Kibale National Park in Uganda.

Sharifah Namaganda is a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan who studies how chimpanzees move in the trees. Learn more about her work!

At The Leakey Foundation, we believe that science matters and science is for everyone. We also know that understanding our past is a key to a better future. 

How does evolutionary science help humans in our fight for survival against infectious disease-causing microbes?

New research shows that humans lived in African rainforests 150,000 years ago. This is more than twice as early as previously thought.

Primatologist Susan Perry has spent much of the past 35 years studying the complex social lives of white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica.

On Rusinga Island, a grassroots group is celebrating the field assistants who helped find famous fossils and inspiring future generations to study science.