April 19-20, 2012
April 19-20, 2012
Meeting Overview
Improvements in the fossil record and novel analytical methods
for reconstructing past climate bring exciting new perspectives
to this question of human origins.
During this two-day symposium at Columbia University’s
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, leading scientists will
present the latest evidence for climate and faunal change in
East Africa over the last five million years and discuss how
these changes may have influenced the evolution of African
mammals, including our human ancestors.
Meeting Overview
Confirmed Speakers: Rene Bobe, Thure Cerling, Peter deMenocal, Sarah Feakins, Mikael Fortelius, Kate Freeman, Paul Falkowski, Fred Grine, Richard Leakey, Naomi Levin, Lawrence Martin, Cassy Meyers, Ben Passey, Rick Potts, Rowan Sage, Matt Sponheimer, Peter Ungar, Kevin Uno, Lars Werdelin.
We gratefully acknowledge support from Sarah Johnson Redlich, the National Science Foundation, and the Lamont Climate Center.
Dates Thursday & Friday April 19-20, 2012
location Monell Auditorium, Lamont Campus
Convenors Peter deMenocal
Thure Cerling
Richard Leakey
Lawrence Martin
Please RSVP as space is limited.