Ancient human relatives transported stones over long distances 600,000 years earlier than previously thought
New Leakey Foundation-supported research finds that ancient human relatives sourced raw materials for tool-making from as far as 8 miles away.
Connecting local communities to paleoanthropology in Kenya
On Rusinga Island, a grassroots group is celebrating the field assistants who helped find famous fossils and inspiring future generations to study science.
Fossilized footprints reveal two extinct hominin species living side by side 1.5 million years ago
New research reveals fossil footprints that record two different species of hominins walking along the same Kenyan lakeshore at the same time, roughly 1.5 million years ago.
Grantee Spotlight: Kakamega Monkey Project
Learn about the Kakamega Monkey Project, one of the longest continuous studies of wild primates in the world.
The oldest human burial in Kenya
An international team of researchers has identified the earliest known human burial in Africa at Panga ya Saidi, a cave near the Kenyan coast. The remains of a 2.5 to 3 year-old child were found deliberately buried in a shallow grave directly under the sheltered overhang of the cave. The child was laid carefully on their side, in a curled up position, likely wrapped in a shroud with a pillow under the child's head.