
Biruté Mary Galdikas - A Life Among Orangutans
Biruté Mary Galdikas passed away on March 24, 2026, at the age of 79. She spent more than 50 years studying orangutans in Borneo and fightin...
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Biruté Mary Galdikas passed away on March 24, 2026, at the age of 79. She spent more than 50 years studying orangutans in Borneo and fightin...

2025 was another exciting year in human origins research! In this episode, four scientists and Leakey Foundation grantees (and one podcast h...

This episode features two stories from the Science Podcast. First, Science writer Ann Gibbons tells the story of three ancient hominin speci...

This is a story about sweat, survival, speed, and the peculiar ways running may have shaped us as humans. Armed with a hydration vest, a dre...

After 10 years of exploring the stories behind breakthrough science, it's time to tell our own origin story! In this special anniversary epi...

Shanidar Cave is a unique archaeological site in Kurdistan where scientists found the remains of 10 Neanderthal men, women, and children. So...

2024 was another amazing year in human origins research. In this episode, three Leakey Foundation grantees (and one podcast host) share thei...

In this episode, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of Lucy, one of the most iconic and important scientific discoveries eve...

Are humans the only animals that practice medicine? In this episode, two scientists share surprising observations of orangutans and chimpanz...

Over 50,000 years ago on what is now the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, someone climbed a towering rock formation and painted a mysterious i...

Early prehistorians had little more than stones and bones to work with as they tried to piece together the story of the Neanderthals, but to...

Why do humans have most of our hair on our heads, not our bodies? Why do we have so many varieties of hair color, thickness, and curliness?...

Music is universal in all human cultures, but why? What gives us the ability to hear sound as music? Are we the only musical species–or was...

What is it like to be responsible for the safekeeping of the ancestors of everyone in the world? In this episode, we travel to the National...

Travel through 50,000 years of human history following clues hidden inside beads made from ostrich eggshells. In this episode, researchers J...

2023 was another exciting year in human origins research! Fossil discoveries and long-term primate studies expanded our understanding of wha...

Sibling relationships can include everything from love and support–to tension, competition, and conflict. They might also play a fundamental...

Humans invest enormous amounts of time and energy into bringing up our babies. This unique investment is a fundamental part of what it means...

Humans invest enormous amounts of time and energy into bringing up our babies. This unique investment is a fundamental part of what it means...

How did climate change impact ancient human behavior? This is one of the questions Justin Pargeter and his team are investigating at a site...
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