Remembering Jane Goodall (1934-2025)
The Leakey Foundation is saddened to share the news that Dr. Jane Goodall has passed away at age 91. Her death leaves an immeasurable void in the scientific community and in our hearts.
Georgina Luti: Dating the last two undated sites in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind
Georgina Luti, a Kenyan geologist and Leakey Foundation Francis H. Brown African Scholar is working to determine dates for the Gondolin and Kromdraai caves in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind.
Pop culture helped fan the flames of the Scopes ‘monkey trial’ 100 years ago − and ever since
Ask Americans about the Scopes trial, and they might have heard of it as the “trial of the century,” a showdown over teaching human evolution. Less well known are its origins.
Alex Pelissero: Using drones to map ancient activity patterns
Alex Pelissero is a Leakey Foundation grantee who is using drones to make high-resolution maps of Oldupai Gorge to learn how ancient humans lived and moved across the landscape.
Laura MacLatchy: Investigating early apes
Laura MacLatchy is a a paleoanthropologist whose Leakey-funded research investigates fossil apes from Uganda to reveal how early apes adapted to grassy woodlands 20 million years ago.