Grantee Spotlight: Naomi Cleghorn
Naomi Cleghorn, University of Texas at Arlington, was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in the fall of 2014 for her project entitled “Investigating a rare Early Later Stone Age site at Knysna, South Africa.”
Naomi Cleghorn at Pinnacle Point site 5/6, Mossel Bay, South Africa
Despite widespread interest in the potential origins of modern human cognitive, social, and technological
Grantee Spotlight: Shelby S. Putt
We are happy to introduce another one of our fall 2014 grantees, Shelby S. Putt, PhD candidate from the University of Iowa. Her dissertation project is entitled “Investigating the co-evolution of language and toolmaking: An fNIRS study.”
Shelby S. Putt
Our language and cognition are arguably the features that most distinguish us from other species, and yet, we still know
Grantee Spotlight: Amanda Lea
We are pleased to introduce you to another one of our newest grantees, Amanda Lea, PhD candidate from Duke University. She was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in the Fall of 2014 for her project entitled “Effects of social conditions on DNA methylation and immune function.”
Leakey Foundation grantee Amanda Lea at Amboseli.
Many primates, including humans, live in
Grantee Spotlight: Michael Granatosky
Michael Granatosky, PhD candidate from Duke University, was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in our most recent granting cycle for his project entitled “Gait mechanics of inverted walking: Implications for evolution of suspensory behavior.”
Michael Granatosky at the Duke Lemur Center
Specialized arm-swinging locomotion has arisen independently numerous times during the evolution of primates and yet has never appeared
Orangutan ranging in Kutai National Park
Anne E. Russon
York Univesity
Anne E. Russon
In spring 2012 The Leakey Foundation awarded Anne E. Russon a grant for her long-term study of behavior in east Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) at the Bendili study area (Kutai National Park). This project focused specifically on orangutan ranging, feeding ecology and spatial cognition.
Researchers have studied orangutans in the Bendili