The Leakey Foundation

02.21.18

In 16 Years, Borneo Lost More Than 100,000 Orangutans

Over a 16-year period, about half of the orangutans living on the island of Borneo were lost as a result of changes in land cover.

08.09.17

New 13 million-year-old infant skull sheds light on ape ancestry

The discovery in Kenya of a remarkably complete fossil ape skull reveals what the common ancestor of all living apes and humans may have looked like.

02.01.17

From the Field: Maura Tyrrell in Indonesia

From the Field

Maura Tyrrell was awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant during our fall 2014 cycle for her project entitled "Effect of competition on male coalition patterns in crested macaques."

08.16.16

Twenty-Five Little Bones Tell a Puzzling Story About Early Primate Evolution

Journal Article, In the News

A cache of exquisitely preserved bones, found in a coal mine in the state of Gujarat, India, appear to be the most primitive primate bones yet discovered, according to an analysis led by researchers from The Johns Hopkins University and Des Moines University, funded in part by a grant from The Leakey Foundation.

03.26.15

Salvaging fossil primates from an underwater cave

Research Report

Alfred L. Rosenberger In August 2009 divers of the AD Exploration Foundation discovered a well preserved skull, limb bones, ribs and vertebrae of a small extinct monkey (Antillothrix bernensis) submerged in an underwater freshwater cave in the Dominican Republic. A multi-agency team solicited the collaboration of Dr. A.L. Rosenberger of Brooklyn College to recover these remains in October 2009. In… more »

Archives for primate

In 16 Years, Borneo Lost More Than 100,000 Orangutans

New 13 million-year-old infant skull sheds light on ape ancestry

From the Field: Maura Tyrrell in Indonesia

Twenty-Five Little Bones Tell a Puzzling Story About Early Primate Evolution

Salvaging fossil primates from an underwater cave