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.

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 ...

The Leakey Foundation is accepting applications for grants to support research on human origins, particularly on the environments, archaeology, and human paleontology of the Miocene, Pliocene, and ...

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 ...

Nutrition in Wild Orangutans: Insights Into Human Health will feature information about orangutan diet, behavior, and physiology that can shed light on the current obesity epidemic in modern day ...

Professor Fernando Villanea's Research Featured in Leakey Foundation Article: "The Great Mucus Mystery" New research led by CU Boulder’s Professor Fernando Villanea traces how a key gene for mucus ...

The Leakey Foundation’s prestigious Franklin Mosher Baldwin Fellowship program builds the future of science by investing in aspiring researchers around the world. Many countries abundant in fossils ...

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Richard Leakey, the world-renowned paleoanthropologist-turned-conservationist, has died at 77. Leakey was a native Kenyan. His death was announced late Sunday by the country's president, Uhuru ...