Read about the latest human origins discoveries, Leakey Foundation-supported research, and news from the field.
Grantee Spotlight: Elizabeth Tinsley Johnson
Grantee Spotlight
In the spring of 2013 Elizabeth Tinsley Johnson, PhD candidate from the University of Michigan, was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant for her project entitled “A test of the … Continued
From the Field: Oliver Paine, Cradle Nature Reserve, South Africa
From the Field
Recent studies have suggested that C4 plants played a larger role in early hominin diets than previously believed, thus making a systematic effort to determine the costs and benefits of … Continued
From the Field: E.A. Quinn, Nubri, Nepal
From the Field
Leakey Foundation grantee E.A. Quinn of Washington University sent this video field report from her research in Nubri, Nepal. Her project investigates the associations between adaptation to a high altitude … Continued
Ta ̈ı chimpanzees anticipate revisiting high-valued fruit trees from further distances
Baldwin Fellows | Journal Article
Baldwin Fellow Simone Dagui Ban is a PhD student from the Félix Houphouët Boigny University in Côte d’Ivoire. Following the 2010-11 election crisis that made studying in her home country … Continued
Grantee Spotlight: Philip A. Slater
Grantee Spotlight
In spring of 2013 Philip A. Slater, PhD candidate at the University of Illinois, was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant for his project entitled “Planning and technological organization in … Continued
From the Field: Anne E. Russon, Kutai National Park, Borneo
From the Field
Anne E. Russon and her team have been collecting field data on east Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) at the newly established Bendili study area (northern border of Kutai National … Continued
From the Field: Alexandra Uhl at the StEvE Conference, University of Tübingen
From the Field
Leakey Foundation grantee Alexandra Uhl, PhD candidate from the University of Tübingen in Germany, reports from the StEvE Conference. EvE is a semester seminar series at the University of Tübingen with speakers who … Continued
From the Field: Alexandra Uhl at the StEvE Conference, University of Tübingen
From the Field
Leakey Foundation grantee Alexandra Uhl, PhD candidate from the University of Tübingen in Germany, reports from the StEvE Conference. EvE is a semester seminar series at the University of Tübingen … Continued
Grantee Spotlight: Alexandra Uhl
Grantee Spotlight
In the spring of 2014 The Leakey Foundation awarded Alexandra Uhl, PhD candidate from the University of Tübingen in Germany, a research grant for her project entitled “Sex determination in geographically and … Continued
From the Field: Isaiah Nengo, Lake Turkana Basin, Kenya
From the Field
Leakey Foundation grantee Isaiah Nengo (spring 2014) has recently returned from the field with exciting news! Isaiah Nengo at work in the Lake Turkana Basin Plio-Pleistocene sediments of the Lake … Continued