A foundation named for one of the nation's best-known anthropologists will honor one of the nation's best-known primatologists Friday, kicking off a two-day event exploring how the origins and nature ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Evolution can be a controversial and sensitive topic in America. According to a 2019 survey from the Pew Research Center, 36% of American adults say they do not accept evolution.

A University of Texas at Arlington anthropologist has been awarded a grant from the prestigious Leakey Foundation that will enable her to research early humans in South Africa. Cleghorn surveyed ...

Professor Fernando Villanea featured on the Leakey Foundation podcast - Top Human Origins Discoveries of 2024. 2024 was another amazing year in human origins research. In this episode, three Leakey ...

Leakey made important contributions to our understanding of human origins through his fossil finds. He later gained fame for taking on poachers... Richard Leakey, the world-renowned ...

I was sitting on the pier in Hermosa Beach, California. Watching the waves and listening to a podcast with Jane Goodall when I saw the news through a post on my Facebook feed. Dr. Lee Burger ...

Jack Dalton (Ph.D. Biological Anthropology in Progress) has been awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant. The Leakey Foundation exclusively funds research related to human origins. Priority of ...