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Science Magazine @science.org · 20d

Pastoralism remains central to survival in the Turkana of northwest Kenya, where heat and water scarcity pose constant challenges. New research uncovers the genetic signatures that underlie adaptation to arid living in this pastoralist community.

Learn more this week: https://scim.ag/4nxcJbx

Young Turkana herders guide camels across Kenya’s arid landscape near Lake Turkana at sunset.

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The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · 27d

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!

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The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 29

This is so exciting! Congratulations! We just shared a story about your work on our website. leakeyfoundation.org/how-much-tim...

How much time did our ancestors spend in trees? Studying these chimpanzees might help us find out

How much time did our ancestors spend in trees? A new study on savannah-living chimpanzees could help answer questions about the origins of upright walking.

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Rhianna Drummond-Clarke @savannarhianna.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚨New Publication🚨

So happy to have this final chunk of my phd out, and the fruits of my @leakeyfoundation.org research grant 🙉

"arboreal, and especially suspensory, locomotion can be advantageous for foraging in a savannah-mosaic and not just closed forest habitats"

#phddone #womeninscience #wild

Frontiers | Foraging strategy and tree structure as drivers of arboreality and suspensory behaviour in savannah-dwelling chimpanzees

IntroductionThe association between an open habitat (e.g., savannah-mosaics) and increased terrestriality is central to hypotheses of hominin evolution, espe...

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The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 29

Three ancient human relatives once shared the same valley. Did they meet—and compete? www.science.org/content/arti...

Three ancient human relatives once shared the same valley. Did they meet—and compete?

The world’s greatest concentration of ancestral human remains, in South Africa, poses a 2-million-year-old riddle of coexistence

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Bacara Spruit @bacaraspruit.bsky.social · Jul 15

Wrapping up my first month in Italy! From exploring collagen yields using NIR, to examining bone surface modifications, running modern specimens through the MALDI-TOF, and learning to interpret collagen signatures—it's been full-on.
@leakeyfoundation.org @National Museum, Bloemfontein

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The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 9

We're thrilled to support her and her work!

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GW Department of Anthropology @gwanthropology.bsky.social · Jul 9

Congratulations to CASHP member, Joyce Waweru!

The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 7

We're thrilled to announce the 2025 Leakey Foundation Baldwin Fellows! Click through to learn about these 14 scholars and their exciting human origins research. leakeyfoundation.org/announcing-t...

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.

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GW Department of Anthropology @gwanthropology.bsky.social · Jul 9

Congratulations to CASHP member, Sims Patton!

The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 8

🎉 Congratulations to the spring 2025 Leakey Foundation grantees! We'll be sharing more about these amazing scientists and their work as their projects progress. leakeyfoundation.org/introducing-...

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.

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The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 8

Looking for research funding? Is your work relevant to understanding human origins? Our next deadline is July 15! Learn more and apply! #ScienceFunding #HumanEvolution leakeyfoundation.org/grants-schol...

An image with text about applying for a Leakey Foundation research grant. A photo of a grantee in the field holding a fossil is on the right side of the graphic.

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The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 8

🎉 Congratulations to the spring 2025 Leakey Foundation grantees! We'll be sharing more about these amazing scientists and their work as their projects progress. leakeyfoundation.org/introducing-...

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.

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The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 8

We're very proud to support Emmanuel and to be part of his PhD journey!

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Maria A Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social · Jul 8

My PhD student Emmanuel, co advised with @mcnultylab.bsky.social, is a Baldwin fellow 🎉🍾🙌🏽👏🏽! Thanks Leakey Foundation for supporting these talented scholars :-) learn more about Emmanuel’s work and background here: www.nievescolonlab.org/about-emmanuel

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McNulty Lab @mcnultylab.bsky.social · Jul 8

Congratulations to the new Baldwin Fellows, including 2 of my students, Penina Kadalida (c/a with Martha Tappen) and Emmanuel Ngetich (c/a with @mitopr.bsky.social)! Thanks to the @leakeyfoundation.org for supporting all of these students and their staunch support for Paleoanthropology!

The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 7

We're thrilled to announce the 2025 Leakey Foundation Baldwin Fellows! Click through to learn about these 14 scholars and their exciting human origins research. leakeyfoundation.org/announcing-t...

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.

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The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 7

We're thrilled to announce the 2025 Leakey Foundation Baldwin Fellows! Click through to learn about these 14 scholars and their exciting human origins research. leakeyfoundation.org/announcing-t...

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.

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Alexandra Rosati @alexrosati.bsky.social · Jul 4

Proud of UMich grad student Rosa Muñoz for being awarded an @leakeyfoundation.org grant for her dissertation research on "The evolution and psychology of possession in macaques." Congrats Rosa, and all the new grantees!

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Elly Lewerissa @ellylewerissa.bsky.social · Jul 4

Honored to be a Spring 2025 Leakey Foundation Research Grant recipient. I’m deeply grateful to the @leakeyfoundation.org for supporting research in human origins, and to my supervisor @naelnadifkasri-lab.bsky.social for the invaluable guidance and encourargement. leakeyfoundation.org/introducing-...

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.

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Marta Pina @martapina.bsky.social · Jul 4

#Nakali🇰🇪 🦍⚒️🦴

Thrilled to be awarded a Research Grant from the @leakeyfoundation.org

I’m happy to count on a great team, some of them are on @bsky.app 👇🏽
@dmartinperea.bsky.social
@albavicente.bsky.social

Congratulations to the other amazing awardees 👏🏼
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The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 7

We're thrilled to support her research, and we're excited about our stellar new cohort of grantees!

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The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 7

We're so proud to fund your research! Congratulations!

The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Jul 7

We're so proud to fund your work! Congratulations!

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Guilhem Mauran @guilhemmauran.bsky.social · May 26

Second week is over. While first week focused on launching this season dig and field lab, second week led us to some rock art sampling, #ochre outcrop sampling, exciting finds on the dig 🤩 .
@justinpargeter.bsky.social with support of @leakeyfoundation.org and PAST.

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Guilhem Mauran @guilhemmauran.bsky.social · May 26

Our two southern African masters students working on #ochre M. Sepamo and P. T. Alfeus collected their raw material for their experimentation and started to learn how to describe them. @justinpargeter.bsky.social @leakeyfoundation.org and PAST.

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The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Apr 25

Official statement from your funder - There is no such thing as too many dog photos.

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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · Apr 10

Incredibly proud that our paper on the #palaeoproteomics analysis of the Penghu mandible, led by @tsutatsuta.bsky.social and in collaboration with Chun-Hsiang Chang, Enrico Cappellini and co, is out now in
@science.org! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan

Denisovans are an extinct hominin group defined by ancient genomes of Middle to Late Pleistocene fossils from southern Siberia. Although genomic evidence suggests their widespread distribution through...

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