In Memoriam: Brad Goodhart
It is with profound sadness that we share with you the passing of Brad Goodhart, the devoted husband of the Foundation’s Grants Officer Paddy Moore-Goodhart.
Brad Goodhart and Paddy Moore-Goodhart on one of their many adventures.
Brad had an enduring love for Africa’s people and nature, having led over 100 tours of East Africa over the past 35 years. He
Grantee Spotlight: Alia Gurtov
Over the next few months we will be introducing you to Leakey Foundation grantees from our Fall 2014 granting cycle. Our first featured grantee is Alia Gurtov, PhD candidate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her project is entitled “Dental microwear analysis of Early Pleistocene hominin foraging seasonality.” Alia Gurtov in Rising Star Cave
For our Early Stone Age predecessors
Presenting Our Fall 2014 Leakey Foundation Grantees!
On December 6th The Leakey Foundation’s Board of Trustees convened for our Fall 2014 Granting Session. The Board unanimously approved the twenty-five research grants our Scientific Executive Committee presented as recommended for funding.
Here are a few numbers from our Fall 2014 Granting Cycle: There were 75 research grant applications
40% were categorized as behavioral, 60% were paleoanthropology
Over 400
Grantee Spotlight: Elizabeth Tinsley Johnson
May 2014 (dry season): Geladas come off the cliffs, where they sleep at night, and regroup at the top. They often take an hour or so to socialize and rest before heading off to forage. Pictured (left to right): graduate student Morgan Gustison; field assistant Esheti; field manager Megan Gomery. Photo by E. Tinsley Johnson.
In the spring of 2013
Survey of bonobos in Tshuapa-Lomami-Lualaba area, Democratic Republic of Congo
Paco Bertolani, PhD Candidate
University of Cambridge The Tshuapa-Lomami-Lualaba area (TL2) lies at the eastern edge of the bonobos’ species range in the Congo basin. In what eventually led to the creation of the TL2 Project, Terese and John Hart organized extensive surveys of TL2 starting in 2007. They confirmed the presence of bonobos in this area, estimating a population