Kathelijne Koops (2006) and fellow researchers at Cambridge’s Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies have discovered evidence that some wild chimpanzees in Guinea’s Nimba Mountains use tools to cut their food into smaller, more chewable bits.
The research, which has been published in the journal Primates, has been picked up the BBC and the New York Daily News.
The Gates Cambridge Trust will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025 by offering an additional 25 postgraduate scholarships for our Class of 2025. The 25th anniversary celebrations start next year and will kick off with our Impact Prize ceremony in January which will highlight the far-reaching impact of existiung Gates Cambridge Scholars and look […]
Nominations for the Gates Cambridge Impact Prize 2025 open today [15th August] in celebration of the Scholarship’s 25th anniversary celebrations. Five award winners will receive £5,000 and be invited to participate in our 2025 anniversary events to highlight the impact their work has had on society. The prize defines impact as a demonstrable contribution to change in various fields, including the […]
Three Gates Cambridge Scholars discuss various ways to improve healthcare for all in the final episode of the first series of the So, now what? Podcast. Victor Roy, Johanna Riha and Sabrina Anjara focus on issues such as gender inequities, mental health and access to medicine. They emphasise the importance of investing in women’s health […]
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been selected to play for Wigan Athletic’s first women’s football team. Sara Merican is one of 15 players signed by the club. The team were accepted into the Championship division of Lancashire Women’s County League following a successful AGM meeting on 17th July. Sara [2022], who did her MPhil in […]
