Tangled up in blue: Solving an Ice Age puzzle
Stone tools from Georgia's Dzudzuana Cave reveal the earliest evidence of indigo processing, dating back 34,000 years to the Ice Age.
What Jane Goodall taught me
Alejandra Pascual-Garrido is a scientist who, inspired by Jane Goodall, studied chimpanzees at Gombe National Park. Read her moving tribute.
Grantee Spotlight: Husna Mashaka
Husna Mashaka's research uncovers how climate and vegetation shifts shaped ancient human behavior. Her work offers insights for building climate resilience today.
Abby McClain: Examining grief and loss at Gombe
Leakey Foundation grantee Abby McClain studies the impact of death, grief, and loss among the chimpanzees at Gombe National Park in Tanzania.
What Jane Goodall taught me
I have known Jane Goodall since 1970, when she gave me the opportunity of a lifetime to join her study of chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Like many others who were similarly blessed, that experience changed my life.