Stand up for science
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.
A fight for survival against infectious disease
How does evolutionary science help humans in our fight for survival against infectious disease-causing microbes?
Earliest evidence for humans in rainforests
New research shows that humans lived in African rainforests 150,000 years ago. This is more than twice as early as previously thought.
Meet the capuchin monkey: Curious, creative and vengeful
Primatologist Susan Perry has spent much of the past 35 years studying the complex social lives of white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica.
Connecting local communities to paleoanthropology in Kenya
On Rusinga Island, a grassroots group is celebrating the field assistants who helped find famous fossils and inspiring future generations to study science.