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.
Madison Fail [2026] has taken a circuitous route to her current work on understanding carbon storage in peatlands. A seasoned social justice campaigner, she has now found her passion in research […]
Andrea Morales Loucil [2022] and Dr Ola Osman [2019] share a focus on the enduring impact of slavery in the Caribbean and Africa and the white supremacy that underpinned it. […]
Two Gates Cambridge Scholars debate how to lead for the long term in a short-term world in the second episode of the third series of the Gates Cambridge podcast, So, […]
Alix De Saint-Aignan [2026] is at the top of her game both in terms of her academic studies and her sporting prowess. Alix has just been selected as a Gates […]
