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.
When Will Smith [2026] was studying in Canada during his undergraduate degree, his lecturer, Professor Pablo Irizar, on a Mexican philosophy course took a different approach to the subject of […]
Aidyn Taishybay [2026] believes firmly that science should make a tangible difference to people. He wants his work to have direct impact in the world and to make medicines more […]
Two Gates Cambridge Scholars feature in the final episode of the third series of our podcast So, now what? with a discussion about how to lead with hope. This series […]
Cong Minh Nguyen is an economist who wants to tell stories about how market systems shape people’s lives and how they can be redesigned to expand fairness and opportunity. He […]
