Historic Hominin Discovery Is Announced at Leakey Conference
A historic discovery about an extinct human species that may have deliberately buried its dead and carved meaningful symbols in caves was announced at the weeklong conference honoring the life...Read More
Turkana Lecture Kicks Off Richard Leakey Memorial Conference
Louise Leakey delivers keynote, “Six Decades — The Search for Fossils at Lake Turkana” Richard Leakey dedicated his life to unraveling the mysteries of our ancient past. Through his extensive...Read More
New Research Forces Scientists to Rethink Ape Evolution
Stony Brook Professor Part of International Paleontology Collaboration Re-assessing an Ancient Ape Fossil Because living apes easily reach eatable fruit in trees with their upright bodies, anthropologists have long thought...Read More
Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, Chair of Turkana Basin Institute, Dies at 77
World-renowned paleoanthropologist and conservationist Richard E. Leakey, a professor in the Stony Brook University Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences and chair of the Turkana Basin...Read More
World Lemur Day Commemorative Stamps Feature SBU Alum Jonah Ratsimbazafy
World Lemur Day is October 29, and it was celebrated in Madagascar with the issuance of six new lemur postage stamps, including two honoring Stony Brook University alumnus Jonah...Read More
Global Standards Created for the Ethics of Ancient DNA Research
A team of scholars, including SBU's Elizabeth Sawchuk, has articulated a set of ethical guidelines regarding aDNA as a way to govern such research globally.
