How much time did our ancestors spend in trees? Studying these chimpanzees might help us find out
How much time did our ancestors spend in trees? A new study on savannah-living chimpanzees could help answer questions about the origins of upright walking.
How early humans adapted to climate change in West Africa
Babalola Jacobs is a Leakey Foundation Baldwin Fellow and PhD student from Nigeria who studies how early humans adapted to climate change in West Africa.
Reconstructing ancient African ecosystems
Leakey Foundation grantee Madeleine Kelly reconstructs early African ecosystems and explores how they shaped human evolution.
How diet impacts primate evolution
Jacqueline Garnett is a PhD candidate at Washington University in St. Louis whose research asks what the impact of previous evolution is on future evolutionary potential. Her Leakey-funded project is focused on the role of diet in evolution.
Grantee Spotlight: Raquel Hernando
Raquel Hernando, a postdoctoral researcher at CENIEH and Leakey Foundation grantee, reconstructs the diets of fossil primates to understand how they adapted to environmental change.