Read about the latest human origins discoveries, Leakey Foundation-supported research, and news from the field.
Grantee Spotlight: Gabriele Schino
Grantee Spotlight
Gabriele Schino was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant during our fall 2014 cycle for his project entitled “The emotional basis of primate reciprocity.” He and his collaborator Elsa Addessi … Continued
Grantee Spotlight: Halszka Glowacka
Grantee Spotlight
Halszka Glowacka is a PhD candidate at Arizona State University. She was awarded a grant during our spring 2015 cycle for her project entitled “Biomechanical constraints on molar emergence in primates.” Halszka … Continued
Grantee Spotlight: Thierra Nalley
Grantee Spotlight
The next grantee from our spring 2015 cycle is Thierra Nalley from the California Academy of Sciences. Her project is entitled “Ontogeny of the thoracolumbar transition in extant hominoids and … Continued
Grantee Spotlight: Karline R. L. Janmaat
Grantee Spotlight
Introducing Karline Janmaat from the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in our spring 2015 cycle for her project entitled “The ecological intelligence of … Continued
Male rank, not paternity, predicts male–immature relationships in mountain gorillas
Journal Article
Stacy Rosenbaum (University of California at Los Angeles) was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in 2010 for her project entitled “Male-immature relationships in the mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei).” Dr. Rosenbaum … Continued
Grantee Spotlight: Gabrielle Russo
Grantee Spotlight
The next spring 2015 Leakey Foundation grantee we would like to introduce you to is Gabrielle Russo from Stony Brook University. Her project is entitled “Elucidating the evolutionary pathways of hominin … Continued
Journal Article: There Is More than One Way to Crack an Oyster: Identifying Variation in Burmese Long-Tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis aurea) Stone-Tool Use
Journal Article
Amanda Tan is a PhD candidate at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in the spring of 2013. Here is a summary of her team’s recent … Continued
Grantee Spotlight: Paola Villa
Grantee Spotlight
Over the next few months we will be introducing you to our new spring 2015 Leakey Foundation grantees, and the first on our list is Paola Villa from the University … Continued
Chimpanzee ‘Laugh Faces’
Journal Article
Marina Davila-Ross was awarded a grant from The Leakey Foundation in the spring of 2015 for her research project entitled “Systematically testing facial thermal imaging as a most sensitive and … Continued
From the Field: Benjamin Collins, Grassridge Rockshelter, South Africa
From the Field
Season two field crew (l-r): Cherene De Bruyn, Lisa Rogers, Dr. Christopher Ames, Dr. Benjamin Collins. Photo credit: Dr. Benjamin Collins. Dr. Benjamin Collins and Dr. Christopher Ames recently concluded a second … Continued








