The Leakey Foundation Stands Against Racism
Black lives matter. Oppressive racist systems profoundly harm Black people. The Leakey Foundation stands in solidarity with those who seek to end the pain of systemic racism.
Two New Fossil Primate Species Discovered at Gona in Ethiopia
Leakey Foundation grantee Sileshi Semaw from the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is coauthor of a paper published in the Journal of Human Evolution that describes two newly discovered primate species.
Zaneta Thayer on Discrimination, Stress, and Health
This month's featured video is from biological anthropologist Zaneta Thayer of Dartmouth College. Her 2017 talk at the American Museum of Natural History addresses how trauma, poverty, and racial discrimination create health inequalities.
Down Ancient Trails
Leakey Foundation grantee Shanti Pappu and her colleagues are hosting free online lectures on archaeology and human evolution. Many of the featured speakers are Leakey Foundation grantees.
Fossil footprints reveal snapshot of group behavior in prehistoric humans
The largest collection of footprints from the human fossil record in Africa is described in Scientific Reports this week. The findings, which further our understanding of human life during the Late Pleistocene period, suggest a division of labor in ancient human communities.