Grantee Spotlight: Margaret Furtner
Learn about Margaret Furtner, a Leakey Foundation grantee using new technology to explore for fossil sites in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind.
Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas
Celebrate World Gorilla Day with a never-before-seen lecture by Dian Fossey recorded at the Louis Leakey Memorial Symposium in 1973.
Grantee Spotlight: Kakamega Monkey Project
Learn about the Kakamega Monkey Project, one of the longest continuous studies of wild primates in the world.
Grantee Spotlight: Clara Mariencheck
Learn about Clara Mariencheck, a PhD Candidate in the Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology at the George Washington University whose research explores primate genetics, immunogenetics, and sociality. She received a Leakey Foundation grant in 2024 for her project called “How an extra X chromosome may enhance immunity.”
Found in a cave in Indonesia, we can now show the world’s oldest figurative art is 51,200 years old
Researchers find the world's oldest figurative art in a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Using a novel dating technique, they dated the painting to 51,200 years old.