The Leakey Foundation

03.20.18

From the Field: Joel Bray, Tanzania

Joel Bray, a graduate student at Arizona State University, is studying the development of male-male social relationships in chimpanzees at Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

01.16.18

Primate Tales: Edgar and the Appearance of Pyrrhic Victory in Biology

Primate Tales

For more than four years, the alpha male in the Mitumba community of chimpanzees in Gombe National Park has been Edgar, a ruler with an iron fist if ever there was one.

01.02.18

Grantee Spotlight: Sean Lee

Grantee Spotlight

How can chimpanzees and bonobos help us understand human evolution? Leakey Foundation grantee Sean Lee is collecting data on behavioral development and physical growth from wild populations of chimpanzees and bonobos in order to study how behavioral differences evolved in these species.

12.05.17

From the Field: Nicole Herzog, Senegal

From the Field

What do chimpanzees do after a fire? Nicole Herzog was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our spring 2016 cycle for her project entitled "Chimpanzees in fire-altered landscapes: Investigating foundations for hominin fire exploitation."

11.22.17

Chimp Females Who Leave Home Postpone Parenthood

Journal Article, In the News

New moms need social support, and mother chimpanzees are no exception. So much so that female chimps that lack supportive friends and family wait longer to start having babies, according to researchers who have combed through the records of Jane Goodall's famous Gombe chimpanzees.

Archives for chimpanzee

From the Field: Joel Bray, Tanzania

Primate Tales: Edgar and the Appearance of Pyrrhic Victory in Biology

Grantee Spotlight: Sean Lee

From the Field: Nicole Herzog, Senegal

Chimp Females Who Leave Home Postpone Parenthood