Origin Stories: The Hobbit
Explore the fascinating tale of the Hobbit, an unexpected fossil find that shook the world’s understanding of human evolution. Join Leakey Foundation grantee Matt Tocheri as he shares how this tiny hominin revolutionized the human story and transformed his life.
AnthroQuest Summer 2020
New Nextflix docuseries follows the Ngogo chimpanzees
On April 19, Netflix will release Chimp Empire, a four-part docuseries that follows the fascinating lives of the Ngogo chimpanzees as they raise their young, navigate complex social dynamics, and attempt to climb to the top of the hierarchy.
Wooded grasslands flourished in Africa 21 million years ago – new research forces a rethink of ape evolution
New Leakey Foundation-supported research pushes back the oldest evidence of grassy woodlands by 10 million years and suggests that the earliest apes evolved upright stature for leaves, not fruit.
A Giganto Mystery
This month, Origin Stories podcast explores the mysterious tale of the largest primate that ever lived. Gigantopithecus blacki is an extinct relative of orangutans that lived in Southeast Asia and stood around 10 feet tall.