Can chimpanzees teach themselves to use tools?
Primatologist Tobias Deschner is exploring whether wild chimpanzees can invent nut-cracking behavior on their own or if it must be learned from others.
Announcing the spring 2025 Francis H. Brown African Scholars
Meet the spring 2025 Francis H. Brown African Scholars. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding East African scientists studying earth sciences or botany relevant to human origins.
Announcing the 2025 Baldwin Fellows
Meet the 2025 Baldwin Fellows! This year, 14 scholars from 11 countries have received fellowships, empowering them to become future leaders.
Introducing the spring 2025 Leakey Foundation grantees
Meet the spring 2025 Leakey Foundation grantees. Their innovative research will shed new light on human origins, evolution, and behavior.
How fruit foraging shaped primate evolution
Allegra DePasquale is a Leakey Foundation grantee who studies how interactions between primates, fruiting plants, and other fruit-eating animals have shaped the evolution of key primate traits.