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Upper Paleolithic Dietary Strategies

When fluctuating climates in the Ice Age altered habitats, modern humans may have adapted their diets in a different way than Neanderthals, according to a study funded in part by The Leakey Foundation and published on April 27, 2016, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE . Fossilized human molar used in a study of dietary habits of Neanderthals and Upper

Grantee Spotlight: Julie Lesnik

Julie Lesnik was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our fall 2015 cycle for her project entitled "An evaluation of termite-associated hydrocarbon signatures as an influence on prey selectivity and an ecological signal for chimpanzees and Olduvai hominins."

Grantee Spotlight: Dorothée Drucker

Dorothée Drucker was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our fall 2015 cycle for her project entitled "Isotopes, diet and human adaptation in a Mediterranean context."

From the Field: Anne E. Russon, Kutai National Park, Borneo

Anne E. Russon and her team have been collecting field data on east Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) at the newly established Bendili study area (northern border of Kutai National Park) since January 2010. Russon has been awarded two grants by The Leakey Foundation for her study of the ranging behavior and diet of this population, which due to the

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