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Anna Ancher
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony.
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Louise Dahl-Wolfe
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: Louise Dahl-Wolfe: a Retrospective Exhibition.
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Audrey Flack
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artist, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, bio from her website, article in ArtMag, Oral history with Audrey Flack in AAA, Audrey Flack papers, "My Portrait of Anwar Sadat," from AAA Blog, NMWA bringing reference: Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, a Retrospective 1950-1990.
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Lavinia Fontana
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: Lavinia Fontana of Bologna, 1552-1614.
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Edith Halpert
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art dealer, Downtown Gallery records, Archives of American Art blog post, 1962 Oral History interview, 1965 Oral History interview,
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Lois Mailou Jones
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: Lois Mailou Jones: a Life in Vibrant Color.
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Josefa de Óbidos
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: The Sacred and the Profane: Josefa de Óbidos of Portugal.
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Doris Lee
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artist, Doris Lee Papers in NMWA,
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Edmonia Lewis
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artist, Artist biography, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, online exhibition from 1996, museum blog post, Edmonia Lewis on the Luce Center website (includes video).
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Alma Thomas
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artist, biography from Smithsonian American Art Museum, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography from Luce Center website, information about Red Abstraction (with audio), information about Light Blue Nursery, Alma Thomas papers in AAA
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Carrie Mae Weems
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artist, NMWA bringing reference Carrie Mae Weems.
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Lola Alvarez Bravo
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artist, NMWA Lola Alvarez Bravo Artist Profile, NMWA bringing reference: Lola Alvarez Bravo: In Her Own Light.
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Amalia Amaki
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: Amalia Amaki: Boxes, Buttons and the Blue.
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Mirella Bentivoglio
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: The Visual Poetry of Mirella Bentivoglio.
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Dorr Bothwell
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painter, printmaker, art instructor, Finding aid to the Dorr Bothwell papers, 1965 oral history interview with Dorr Bothwell
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Abastenia St. Leger Eberle
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sculptor, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, work in the Met's collection (same title), biography from National Museum of Wildlife Art
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Margaret Foley
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sculptor, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum w/text, artist biography from Luce Foundation Center website, details on object in Brooklyn Museum of Art, details on object in Post Road Gallery
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Eugenie Gershoy
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artist, Finding aid to the Eugenie Gershoy papers, 1964 oral history interview with Eugenie Gershoy, "Fantasy and Humor in Sculpture," ca. 1940, Images on Commons
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Sarah Goodridge
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miniaturist A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts; [1]; [2]
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Katharine Kuh
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curator, dealer, writer, advocate for modern art, Finding aid to the Kuh papers in the AAA, Finding aid to the Avis Berman research material on Katharine Kuh in the AAA
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Constance Stuart Larrabee
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photojournalist, NMWA bringing reference: Constance Stuart Larrabee: WWII Photo Journal.
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Elizabeth Nourse
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Elizabeth Nourse sketchbooks and scrapbooks,
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Anna Claypoole Peale
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miniaturist, Q and Art: Anna Claypoole Peale; [3]; bring reference: The Peale Family: Creation of a Legacy 1770-1870.
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Sarah Miriam Peale
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miniaturist Concise Dictionary of Women Artists;
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Irene Rice Pereira
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Irene Rice Pereira papers SI; Irene Rice Pereira Papers NMWA; NMWA bringing reference: Irene Rice Pereira's Library : a Metaphysical Journey.
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Ginny Ruffner
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artist, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography from the Luce Center website, information on A Girl's Guide to Fashion Evolution, information on Inventing the Music of Beauty, About the artist in Art Guide, oral history with Ginny Ruffner in AAA, Ginny Ruffner papers in AAA
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Miriam Schapiro
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artist, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, information about her work Dollhouse (including audio), artist biography on Luce Center website (with video), oral history with Schapiro in AAA, Greeting cart from Schapiro to Nancy Drysdale in AAA
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Bernarda Bryson Shahn
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painter, printmaker, and illustrator, Finding aid to the Bernarda Bryson Shahn papers, 1983 oral history interview with Bernarda Bryson Shahn
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May Stevens
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: May Stevens.
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Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
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painter
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Harriete Estel Berman
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sculptor, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, biography on Luce Foundation Center website, artist's website, the artist in the Contemporary Museum of Craft
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Rosalind Bengelsdorf
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painter, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, biography on the Luce Foundation Center website, Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne Papers in AAA
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Bessie Stough Callender
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sculptor, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, biography on the Smithsonian American Art Museum website, biography from the Luce Foundation Center website
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Margret Craver
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artist, biography on the Smithsonian American Art Museum website, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography on the Luce Center website, information on Muffineer from the Luce Center website, information on Brooch from the Luce Center website, Oral history with Margret Craver Withers (same person) in AAA, Margret Craver Withers papers in AAA
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Carol Kreeger Davidson
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: The Abstract Figure: Carol Kreeger Davidson, a Retrospective.
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Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson
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painter, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, biography on Luce Foundation Center website
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Claude Raguet Hirst
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: Claude Raguet Hirst: Transforming the American Still Life.
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Anne Marguerite Hyde de Neuville
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watercolorist Anne Marguerite Hyde de Neuville, [4]; [5]; [6]; [7]; [8]; [9];
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Ellen Lanyon
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: Ellen Lanyon.
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Eva Levina-Rozengolts
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: Eva Levina-Rozengolts: Her Life and Work.
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Janice Lowry
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artist, Janice Lowry papers,
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Nan Mason
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detailed description of her papers, photo on Commons
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Elizabeth McCausland
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art critic and writer, collection summary, detailed description of her papers, Archives of American Art Journal article
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Evelyn Metzger
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artist, NMWA bringing reference: The Age of Grandeur and a Woman Who Lived It Artist Evelyn Metzger.
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Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff
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bookbinder, printmaker [10]
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Edna Reindel
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artist, Edna Reindel Papers NMWA, 1944 Edna Reindell Paints Women at War ~ Article & Photos, CLARA biography of Edna Reindel, American Art Archives Summary of Edna Reindel papers, 1918-1990, Items pertaining to Edna Reindel in New York art libraries, House and Garden Covers by Edna Reindel.
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Katherine Schmidt
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painter, Schmidt papers in AAA, 1969 oral history with Schmidt in AAA, works by Schmidt in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, artists bio on the SAAM website
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Mary Jane Simes
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miniaturist, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection
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Faye Tso
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folk artist, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography from the Luce Center website, information on Bean Pot from the Luce Center website, Chuck and Jan Rosenak Research Material in AAA
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Rose Williams (artist)
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folk artist, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography on the Luce Center website, Chuck and Jan Rosenak Research Material in AAA
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Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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National Museum of American History
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National Museum of Natural History
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Human Origins, Anthropology
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The following tables contain references to books, academic articles, news articles, Smithsonian webpages,and other resources that may be useful in editing and creating articles relating to the topics of the Human Origins Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon.
Variability Selection
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SI Publication?
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The Adaptable Human
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Interview
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The Adaptable Human
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Interview with SI Curator
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"Climate Effects on Human Evolution." Human Evolution by The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program. Accessed August 11, 2014.
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Webpage
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Climate Effects on Human Evolution
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Smithsonian Webpage
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Potts, Richard. "Variability Selection in Hominid Evolution." Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 7, no. 3 (1998): 81-96.
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Academic Article
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Authored by SI Curator
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Grove, Matt. "Speciation, Diversity, and Mode 1 Technologies: The Impact of Variability Selection." Journal of Human Evolution 61, no. 3 (2011): 306-19.
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Academic Article
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No
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Grove, Matt. "Change and Variability in Plio-Pleistocene Climates: Modelling the Hominin Response." Journal of Archaeological Science 38 (2011): 3038-047.
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Academic Article
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"Climatic Fluctuations Drove Key Events in Human Evolution, Researchers Find." Science Daily. September 26, 2011.
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Science Daily News article
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A news article describing the above two academic articles.
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Potts, Richard, and Christopher Sloan. "Survival of the Adaptable." In What Does It Mean to Be Human? Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2010.
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Book Chapter
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Survival of the Adaptable
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SI Exhibit Companion Book, authored by SI Curator
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Potts, R. "Evolution and Climate Variability." Science, 1996, 922-23.
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Academic Article
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Authored by SI Curator
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Maslin and Trauth, "Plio-Pleistocene East African Pulsed Climate Variability and Its Influence on Early Human Evolution", The First Humans – Origin and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 2009, pp 151-158
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Book Chapter
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Potts, Richard. "Environmental Hypotheses for Human Evolution." Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, 1998.
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Academic Article
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Environmental Hypotheses for Human Evolution
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Authored by SI Curator
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Shultz, Susanne, Mark Maslin, and Michael D. Petraglia. "Early Human Speciation, Brain Expansion and Dispersal Influenced by African Climate Pulses." PLoS ONE 8, no. 10 (2013): E76750.
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Academic Article
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"Human Evolution Driven by Climate Change." UCL News, October 17, 2013.
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News Article
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Human Evolution Driven by Climate Change
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Ferro, Shaunacy. "Did Ancient Climate Change Drive Human Evolution?" Popular Science, October 16, 2013.
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Popular Science news article
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Did Ancient Climate Change Drive Human Evolution?
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Borg, JM, and Alastair Channon. "Testing the Variability Selection Hypothesis: The Adoption of Social Learning in Increasingly Variable Environments." Artificial Life 13, 2012, 317-24. January 1, 2012.
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Academic Article
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Testing the Variability Selection Hypothesis...
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Mark A. Maslin, Chris M. Brierley, Alice M. Milner, Susanne Shultz, Martin H. Trauth, Katy E. Wilson, East African climate pulses and early human evolution, Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 101, 1 October 2014, Pages 1-17.
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Academic Article
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Joyce, Christopher. "Did Climate Change Drive Human Evolution?" NPR, March 22, 2010. Accessed August 11, 2014.
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News Article
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Did Climate Change Drive Human Evolution?
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Richard (Rick) Potts
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SI Publication?
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Rick Potts. Director, Paleoanthropologist
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Staff Description
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Rick Potts
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Yes
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Human Origins: One Man's Search for the Causes in Time. AnthroNotes, Museum of Natural History's Publication for Educators, Vol 22, No, 1. Spring/Summer 1999.
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Newsletter
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One Man's Search...
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Yes
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The Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution: Committee Membership Information
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List of Members
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Committee Membership Information
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Richard Potts
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Staff Description
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Richard Potts
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SI Newsdesk Page
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Richard Potts
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Google Scholar list of publications
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Dr. Potts Publications
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Hall of Human Origins
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Suggested Edits: Include more information about contents of the hall, reviews of the hall, and the companion book, What Does It Mean To Be Human by Rick Potts and Christopher Sloan.
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"New Exhibition Hall Devoted to Human Origins Opens at National Museum of Natural History". National Museum of Natural History. March 2010.
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Press Release
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In "NMNH" article, "Hall of Human Origins" subheading
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New Exhibition Hall...
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SI Press Release
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Rothstein, Edward. "Searching the Bones of Our Shared Past." New York Times, March 18, 2010, Art & Design sec.
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News Article
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/arts/design/19museum.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Searching the Bones of Our Shared Past]
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Jacobson, Murrey. "Natural History Exhibit Asks: 'What Does It Mean to Be Human?'" PBS Newshour, April 23, 2010.
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News Article
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No
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Natural History Exhibit Asks...
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New human evolution hall at the National Museum of Natural History
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Blog Article
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New human evolution hall...
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Reich+Petch Design International creates new exhibition hall devoted to human origins opening at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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News Article
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Reich+Petch Design International...
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O'Sullivan, Michael. "Finding Your Way in the Hall of Human Origins." Washington Post, March 19, 2010, GoingOutGuide: Museums sec.
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Editorial Review
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Finding Your Way...
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The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins. National Muesum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. An ongoing exhibition opened March 17, 2010. Museum Anthropology Review
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Academic Article, Exhibit Review
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No
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The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins...
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The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins
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Exhibit Review
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The David H. Koch Hall...
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Klein, Julia M. "Our Species Rediscovers Its Cousins." Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2010, Arts & Entertainment sec.
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News Article/Exhibit Review
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No
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Our Species Rediscovers Its Cousins
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How Science Museums Are Promoting Civil Religion-Science Dialogue
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Blog Article
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How Science Museums Are Promoting...
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Smithsonian on human origins
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Exhibit Review
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Smithsonian on human origins
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A Human Family Reunion
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Magazine Article
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A Human Family Reunion
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Olorgesailie
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Suggested edits: Include new section about Olorgesailie Drilling Project, as well as update existing sections for accuracy and detail. History of excavation at the site, the various prehistoric environmental conditions, information about the fauna (including updating the bit where it says that the animals were likely butchered, which aside from one known butchery site, is not accurate), are all examples of sections that need more information.
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"Olorgesailie – Stone Age Site in Kenya". About.com
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Internet Webpage
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Yes
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“Olorgesailie – Stone Age Site in Kenya”
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"Olorgesailie". National Museums of Kenya.
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NMK Webpage
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Yes
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“Olorgesailie” NMK
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"So much to see at Olorgesailie". Daily Nation. 28 February 2009.
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News Article
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Yes
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“So much to see at Olorgesailie”
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No
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Willoughby, Pamela R. The Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa: A Comprehensive Guide. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, 2007.
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Book
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Yes
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Nicholls, Christine Stephanie (2005). Red Strangers: The White Tribe of Kenya. Timewell Press.
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Book
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Yes
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Oliver, Roland Anthony. The African Experience: From Olduvai Gorge to the 21st Century. Revised/Expanded ed. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 2000.
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Book
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Yes
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No
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Bye, Bethany A., Francis H. Brown, Thure E. Cerling, and Ian Mcdougall. "Increased Age Estimate for the Lower Palaeolithic Hominid Site at Olorgesailie, Kenya." Nature, 1987, 237-39.
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Academic Article
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Yes
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"Increased Age Estimate for the Lower Palaeolithic Hominid Site at Olorgesailie, Kenya."
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No
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Conde, Camilo Jose, and Francisco Jose Ayala. Human Evolution Trails from the past. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Book
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Yes
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No
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"First Human Fossil Found at Olorgesailie (Kenya) Field Site; Smithsonian Scientist Makes Dramatic Discovery". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History news release. 1 July 2004.
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Press Release
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Yes
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“First Human Fossil Found…”
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SI Press Release
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Potts, R. 1994. Variables versus models of early Pleistocene hominid land use. Journal of Human Evolution, 27, 7–24.
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Academic Article
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Yes
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Authored by SI Curator
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Isaac, Glynn Llywelyn, and Barbara Isaac. Olorgesailie: Archeological Studies of a Middle Pleistocene Lake Basin in Kenya. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977.
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Book
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Yes
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No
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Olorgesailie, Kenya
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Webpage on Human Origins Website
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No
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Olorgesailie, Kenya
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Webpage on SI Human Origins Website
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Melson, William G., and Richard Potts. "Origin of Reddened and Melted Zones in Pleistocene Sediments of the Olorgesailie Basin, Southern Kenya Rift." Journal of Archaeological Science 29:307-16.
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Academic Article
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No
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Authored by SI Curator
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Owen, R. Bernhart, Richard Potts, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, and Peter Ditchfield. "Diatomaceous Sediments and Environmental Change in the Pleistocene Olorgesailie Formation, Southern Kenya Rift Valley." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology: 17-37
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Academic Article
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No
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Authored by SI Curator
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Owen, R. Bernhart, Robin W. Renaut, Jennifer J. Scott, Richard Potts, and Anna K. Behrensmeyer. "Wetland Sedimentation and Associated Diatoms in the Pleistocene Olorgesailie Basin, Southern Kenya Rift Valley." Sedimentary Geology 222 (2009): 124-37.
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Academic Article
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No
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Authored by SI Curator
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Potts, Richard. "Olorgesailie: New Excavations and Findings in Early and Middle Pleistocene Contexts, Southern Kenya Rift Valley." Journal of Human Evolution 18 (1989): 477-84.
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Academic Article
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No
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Authored by SI Curator
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Potts, Richard. "Variability Selection in Hominid Evolution." Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 7, no. 3 (1998): 81-96.
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Academic Article
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No
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Authored by SI Curator
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Potts, Richard, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, and Peter Ditchfield. "Paleolandscape Variation and Early Pleistocene Hominid Activities: Members 1 and 7, Olorgesailie Formation, Kenya." Journal of Human Evolution 37 (1999): 345-46.
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Academic Article
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No
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Authored by SI Curator
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Potts, R., Behrensmeyer, A.K., et al., 2004. Small Mid-Pleistocene hominin associated with East African Acheulean technology. Science 305, 75-78.
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Academic Article
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No
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Authored by SI Curator
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Sikes, N.E., Potts, R., Behrensmeyer, A.K., 1999. Early Pleistocene habitat in Member 1 Olorgesailie based on paleosol stable isotopes. Journal of Human Evolution 37, 721-746.
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Academic Article
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No
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Authored by SI Curator
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Isaac, Glynn Llywelyn. The Acheulean Site Complex at Olorgesailie, Kenya: A Contribution to the Interpretation of Middle Pleistocene Culture in East Africa. 1968.
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Book
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No
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No
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Isaac, Glynn L. A study of early culture in Kenya : the Olorgesailie prehistoric site
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Book
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No
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No
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Noll, Michael Peter (2000). Components of acheulean lithic assemblage variability at Olorgesailie, Kenya
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Book
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No
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No
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Anthropology, space, and geographic information systems / / [edited by] Mark Aldenderfer, Herbert D.G. Maschner.
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Book
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No
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No
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Olorgesailie Field Blog
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Blog
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No
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Olorgesailie Field Blog
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Field Blog of SI Excavations
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Teacher's guide to early prehistory of East Africa / / produced by the Education Section, National Museums of Kenya.
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Book
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No
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No
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Calvin, William H. A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002.
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Book
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No
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No
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Boyd, Robert, Morris Goodman, and Anne Simon Moffat. Probing Human Origins. Cambridge, MA: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002.
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Book
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No
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No
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Conde, Camilo Jose, and Francisco Jose Ayala. Human Evolution Trails from the past. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Book
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No
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No
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Phillipson, D. W. African Archaeology. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
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Book
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No
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No
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Walter, Marius J., and Martin H. Trauth. "A MATLAB Based Orientation Analysis of Acheulean Handaxe Accumulations in Olorgesailie and Kariandusi, Kenya Rift." Journal of Human Evolution 64, no. 6 (2013): 569-81.
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Academic Article
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No
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Homa Peninsula
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Citation/Title |
Medium |
Currently in Wikipedia Article? |
Link (if applicable) |
SI Publication?
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L. C. Bishop et al., Recent Research into Oldowan Hominin Activities at Kanjera South,Western Kenya. Afr Archaeol Rev (2006) 23:31–40
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Academic Article
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In "Homa Bay" article
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No
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Kanjera, Kenya
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Webpage on Human Origins website
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No
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Kanjera, Kenya
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SI Webpage
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Kanam, Kenya
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Webpage on Human Origins Website
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No
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Kanam, Kenya
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SI Webpage
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"Archaeological Site in Kenya Opening Window on Early Human Tool-Making." Popular Archaeology, June 13, 2012.
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Popular Archaeology news article
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No
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“Archaeological Site in Kenya…”
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No
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Plummer, T.W., P.W. Ditchfield, L.C. Bishop, J.D. Kingston, J.V. Ferraro, D.R. Braun, F. Hertel, R. Potts. 2009. Oldest evidence of toolmaking hominins in a grassland-dominated ecosystem. PLoS ONE 4, (9) (10/21).
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Academic Article
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No
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Oldest evidence of toolmaking hominins…
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Authored by SI Curator
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Hovers, Erella, and David R. Braun. Chapters 9 & 12. In Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Oldowan. Dordrecht: Springer, 2009.
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Book
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No
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No
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Plummer, Thomas W., and Richard Potts. "Excavations and New Findings at Kanjera, Kenya." Journal of Human Evolution 189, no. 3 (1989): 269-76.
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Academic Article
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No
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Authored by SI Curator
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Bishop, Laura C. "Behavioural Variability in Oldowan Hominins: The Case from Kanjera South, Kenya." Quaternary International, 2012, 52.
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Leaky, LSB. Fossil Human Remains from Kanam and Kanjera, Kenya Colony, Nature, 1936
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Tobias, Phillip. The Kanam Jaw, Nature. 1960
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Oakley, Kenneth P. A reconsideration of the date of the Kanam jaw, Journal of Archaeological Science. Vol 2, Issue 2, 1975
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M.J. WEINER, J.L. RICCI, J. PHELAN, T. PLUMMER, S. GAULD, R. POTTS, Pathology of an archaic Homo mandible from Kanam, Kenya
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Summary of Conference Presentation
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Pathology of an archaeic Homo mandible from Kanam, Kenya
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The Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropological Project (HPPP)
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Website
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The Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropological Project
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Ditchfield, Peter, et. Al. Current research on the Late Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits north of Homa Mountain, southwestern Kenya, Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 36 Issue 2, 1999
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Plummer, T., Late Pliocene Oldowan excavations at Kanjera South, Kenya, Antiquity, 2001, vol. 75 issue 201
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Braun, David R., et al., Oldowan behavior and raw material transport: perspectives from the Kanjera formation, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 35, issue 8, 2008.
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Nihewan Basin
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Suggested Edit: Move content from Xiochangliang to Nihewan Basin, and expand to include significant paleontological and archaeological discoveries from entire Nihewan Basin.
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Stephen Chen (28 June 2010). "Finds in Hebei Basin May Rewrite History". South China Morning Post.
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“Finds in Hebei Basin May Rewrite History”
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Hong Ao, Mark J. Dekkers, Qi Wei, Xiaoke Qiang, Guoqiao Xiao (15 August 2013). "New evidence for early presence of hominids in North China". Scientific Reports 3 (2403).
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"Earliest Humans in China". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
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Smithsonian Webpage
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In "Xiaochangliang" article
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Earliest Humans in China
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SI Webpage
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Zhu R.X., Hoffman, K.A., Potts, R., Deng C.L., Pan Y.X., Guo B., Shi C.D., Guo G.T., Yuan B.Y., Hou Y.M., Huang W.W., 2001. Earliest presence of humans in northeast Asia. Nature 413, 413-417.
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Zhu, R., An, Z., Potts, R., Hoffman, K.A., 2003. Magnetostratigraphic dating of early humans in China. Earth-Science Reviews 61, 341-359
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Zhu, R., Potts, R., Xie, F., Hoffman, K.A., Deng, C.L., Shi, C.D., Pan, Y.X., Wang, H.Q., Shi, R.P., Wang, Y.C., Xhi, G.H., Wu, N.Q., 2004. New evidence regarding the earliest human presence at high northern latitudes in northeast Asia. Nature 431, 559-562.
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Zhu, R.X., Potts, R., Pan, Y.X.,Yao, H.T., Lü, L.Q., Zhao, X. Gao, X., Chen, L.W., Gao, F., Deng, C.L., 2008. Early evidence of the genus Homo in East Asia. Journal of Human Evolution 55, 1075-1085.
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Clark, J. Desmond, and Timothy Troy. An Archaeologist at Work in African Prehistory and Early Human Studies: Teamwork and Insight. Berkeley: Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2002.
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Interview Transcript
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Norton, Christopher J. Asian Paleoanthropology from Africa to China and beyond. Dordrecht: Springer, 2010.
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Shen, Chen. Current Research in Chinese Pleistocene Archaeology. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2003.
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Cai, Bao-quan, Shao-hua Zheng, Joseph C. Liddicoat, and Qiang Li. "Review of the Litho-, Bio-, and Chronostratigraphy in the Nihewan Basin, Hebei, China." In Fossil Mammals of Asia Neogene Biostratigraphy and Chronology. ed. by Wang, Xiaoming,. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013.
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Schick, Kathy, Nicholas Toth, Wei Qi, J. Desmond Clark, and Dennis Etler. "Archaeological Perspectives in the Nihewan Basin, China." Journal of Human Evolution 21, no. 1 (1991): 13-26.
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Keates, Susan G. "Evidence for the Earliest Pleistocene Hominid Activity in the Nihewan Basin of Northern China." Quaternary International, 2010, 408-17.
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Yuanmou Prehistoric Site
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Suggested Edit: Merge with Yuanmou Man, and rename "Yuanmou Prehistoric Site", and expand to include more information about the site itself. The moniker "Yuanmou Man" is outdated.
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Pu, L., C. Fang, M. Hsing-Hua, P. Ching-Yu, H. Li-Sheng, and C. Shih-Chiang. "Preliminary Study on the Age of Yuanmou Man by Palaeomagnetic Technique." Scientia Sinica 20, no. 5 (1977): 645-64.
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Ciochon, Russell L. "The Mystery Ape of Pleistocene Asia." Nature, 2009, 910-11.
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Pope, G. G. "Evidence on the Age of the Asian Hominidae." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1983, 4988-992.
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Qian F, Li Q, Wu P, Yuan S, Xing R, Chen H, and Zhang H (1991). Lower Pleistocene, Yuanmou Formation: Quaternary Geology and Paleoanthropology of Yuanmou, Yunnan, China. Beijing: Science Press, pp. 17-50
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"The Archaeology of Ancient China", 1986, Chang Kwang-chih, p. 39-40
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Zhu, R.x., R. Potts, Y.x. Pan, L.q. Lü, H.t. Yao, C.l. Deng, and H.f. Qin. "Paleomagnetism of the Yuanmou Basin near the Southeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau and Its Constraints on Late Neogene Sedimentation and Tectonic Rotation." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2008, 97-104.
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Earliest Humans in China
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Yuanmou
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Yuanmou
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Hyodo, Masayuki, Hideo Nakaya, Atsushi Urabe, Haruo Saegusa, Xue Shunrong, Yin Jiyun, and Ji Xuepin. "Paleomagnetic Dates of Hominid Remains from Yuanmou, China, and Other Asian Sites." Journal of Human Evolution 43, no. 1 (2002): 27-41.
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Formation of Chinese Civilization: The Origin of Man
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Formation of Chinese Civilization: The Origin of Man
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Liang Bua
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Brown, P.; Sutikna, T., Morwood, M. J., Soejono, R. P., Jatmiko, Wayhu Saptomo, E. & Rokus Awe Due (October 27, 2004). "A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia.". Nature, 431
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Meijer HJM & R A Due (2010). "A new species of giant marabou stork (Aves: Ciconiiformes) from the Pleistocene of Liang Bua, Flores (Indonesia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 707–724.
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Morwood, M. J.; Soejono, R. P., Roberts, R. G., Sutikna, T., Turney, C. S. M., Westaway, K. E., Rink, W. J., Zhao, J.- X., van den Bergh, G. D., Rokus Awe Due, Hobbs, D. R., Moore, M. W., Bird, M. I. & Fifield, L. K. (October 27, 2004). "Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia.". Nature 431: 1087–1091.
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Penny Van Oosterzee; Mike Morwood. A New Human: The Startling Discovery and Strange Story of the "Hobbits" of Flores, Indonesia'. London: Collins.
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Hari, Kurniawan. "Sutikna Traces Man's Ancestry through Liang Bua Find." The Jakarta Post, April 17, 2008, Life sec.
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“Sutikna Traces Man’s Ancestry through Liang Bua Find.”
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'Hobbits' on Flores, Indonesia
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‘Hobbits’ on Flores, Indonesia
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The Associated Press. "Indonesian `hobbit' Challenges Evolutionary Theory." The Jakarta Post, March 7, 2010.
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“Indonesian ‘hobbit’ Challenges Evolutionary Theory”
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The Island of Flores
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Exploring the extraordinary Flores: Liang Bua
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Exploring the extraordinary Flores
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Moore, MW. "Continuities in Stone flaking Technology at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia." Journal of Human Evolution 57 (2009).
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“Continuities in Stone flaking Technology at…”
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van de Bergh, G.D. "The Liang Bua Faunal Remains: A 95 K.yr. Sequence from Flores, East Indonesia." Journal of Human Evolution, 2008.
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Morwood, M.J., O’Sullivan, P., Aziz, F., Raza, A., 1998. Fission track age of stone tools and fossils on the east Indonesian island of Flores. Nature 392, 173–176.
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Morwood, M.J., Sutikna, T., Saptomo, E.W., Jatmiko, Hobbs, D.R., Westaway, K.E., 2009. Preface: research at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia. Journal of Human Evolution 57, 437–449.
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van den Bergh, G.D., Mubroto, B., Sondaar, P.Y., de Vos, J., 1996. Did Homo erectus reach the island of Flores? Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Bulletin (Chiang Mai Papers) 14, 27–36.
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Aziz, F., van den Bergh, G.D., Morwood, M.J., Hobbs, D.R., Collins, J., Jatmiko, Kurniawan, I., 2009. Excavations at Tangi Talo, central Flores, Indonesia. In: Aziz, F., Morwood, M.J., van den Bergh, G.D. (Eds.), Palaeontology and Archaeology of the Soa Basin, Central Flores, Indonesia. Indonesian Geological Survey Institute, Bandung, pp. 41–58.
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Morwood, M.j., and W.l. Jungers. "Conclusions: Implications of the Liang Bua Excavations for Hominin Evolution and Biogeography." Journal of Human Evolution, 2009, 640-48.
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"Flores: A New Hominin Species, Or Just a Dwarfed Human?" Athena Review 4, no. 2, 5-6. http://www.athenapub.com/flores.htm.
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“Flores: A New Hominin Species…”
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Locatelli, Elisa, Rokus Awe Due, Gert D. Van Den Bergh, and Lars W. Van Den Hoek Ostende. "Pleistocene Survivors and Holocene Extinctions: The Giant Rats from Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia)." Quaternary International 281 (2012): 47-57.
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Brumm, A.; Aziz, F.; Van Den Bergh, G. D.; Morwood, M. J.; Moore, M. W.; Kurniawan, I.; Hobbs, D. R.; Fullagar, R. (2006). "Early stone technology on Flores and its implications for Homo floresiensis". Nature 441 (7093): 624–628
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Brumm, Adam, Gitte M. Jensen, Gert D. Van Den Bergh, Michael J. Morwood, Iwan Kurniawan, Fachroel Aziz, and Michael Storey. "Hominins on Flores, Indonesia, by One Million Years Ago." Nature, 2010, 748-52.
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Aziz, F., van den Bergh, G.D., Morwood, M.J., Hobbs, D.R., Collins, J., Jatmiko, Kurniawan, I., 2009. Excavations at Tangi Talo, central Flores, Indonesia. In: Aziz, F., Morwood, M.J., van den Bergh, G.D. (Eds.), Palaeontology and Archaeology of the Soa Basin, Central Flores, Indonesia. Indonesian Geological Survey Institute, Bandung, pp. 41–58.
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Moore, Mark W., and Adam Brumm. "Stone Artifacts and Hominins in Island Southeast Asia: New Insights from Flores, Eastern Indonesia." Journal of Human Evolution 52, no. 1 (2007): 85-102.
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'Hobbits' on Flores, Indonesia
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'Hobbits' on Flores...
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In Search of the First Asian Hominins: Excavations in the Soa Basin of Flores, Indonesia
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In Search of the First Asian Hominins...
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Aziz, Fachroel, M.J. Morwood, and G.D. Van Den Bergh. Pleistocene Geology, Palaeontology and Archaeology of the Soa Basin, Central Flores, Indonesia. Bandung, Indonesia: Pusat Survei Geologi, Badan Geologi, Departemen Energi Dan Sumber Daya Mineral, 2008.
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Garvey, J. June 01, 2011. Review of PLEISTOCENE GEOLOGY, PALAEONTOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SOA BASIN, CENTRAL FLORES, INDONESIA. Australian archaeology no. 72.
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Komodo Dragon
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Meijer, Hanneke J. M., Lars W. Van Den Hoek Ostende, Gert D. Van Den Bergh, and John De Vos. "The Fellowship of the Hobbit: The Fauna Surrounding Homo Floresiensis." Journal of Biogeography 37, no. 6 (2010): 995-1006.
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Hocknull SA, Piper PJ, van den Bergh GD, Due RA, Morwood MJ, et al. (2009) Dragon's Paradise Lost: Palaeobiogeography, Evolution and Extinction of the Largest-Ever Terrestrial Lizards (Varanidae). PLoS ONE 4(9): e7241. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007241
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van de Bergh, G.D. "The Liang Bua Faunal Remains: A 95 K.yr. Sequence from Flores, East Indonesia." Journal of Human Evolution, 2008.
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Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory: Second Edition, 2000
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Encyclopedia
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Handbook of paleoanthropology
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Theropithecus
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Suggested edits: Edit Theropithecus#Phylogeny_and_fossils to include information about Theropithecus at Olorgesailie.
Potts, Richard, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, and Peter Ditchfield. "Paleolandscape Variation and Early Pleistocene Hominid Activities: Members 1 and 7, Olorgesailie Formation, Kenya." Journal of Human Evolution 37, no. 5 (1999): 345-46.
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Potts, Richard, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, and Peter Ditchfield. "Paleolandscape Variation and Early Pleistocene Hominid Activities: Members 1 and 7, Olorgesailie Formation, Kenya." Journal of Human Evolution 37, no. 5 (1999): 345-46.
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Day 10 (July 5, 2011): Olorgesailie - the Big Picture
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Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems: "The Role of GIS in the Interdisciplinary Investigations at Olorgesailie, Kenya, a Pleistocene Archaeological Locality"
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John Gurche
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Suggested edits: Include more information about bronze statues and facial reconstructions of early hominins, as well as information about his book, Shaping Humanity: How Science, Art, and Imagination Help Us Understand Our Origins.
Human Evolution
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Shanidar
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Thorne, Alan, C.p. Grove, Mario Chech, and Erik Trinkaus. "A New Reconstruction of the Shanidar 5 Cranium." Paléorient 25, no. 2 (1999): 143-46.
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Trinkaus, Erik. The Shanidar Neandertals. New York: Academic Press, 1983.
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Trinkaus, Erik, and David D. Thompson. "Femoral Diaphyseal Histomorphometric Age Determinations for the Shanidar 3, 4, 5, and 6 Neandertals and Neandertal Longevity."American Journal of Physical Anthropology 72, no. 1 (2005): 123-29.
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Cowgill, L., E. Trinkaus, and M. Zeder. "Shanidar 10: A Middle Paleolithic Immature Distal Lower Limb from Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan." Journal of Human Evolution 53 (2007): 213-23.
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Henry, A. G., A. S. Brooks, and D. R. Piperno. "Microfossils in Calculus Demonstrate Consumption of Plants and Cooked Foods in Neanderthal Diets (Shanidar III, Iraq; Spy I and II, Belgium)." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011, 486-91.
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List of human evolution fossils
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Hou Y., Potts, R., Yuan, B., Guo, Z., Deino, A., Wang, W., Clark, J., Xie, G., Huang, W., 2000. Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean-like stone technology of the Bose Basin, South China. Science 287, 1622-1626.
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Potts, R., 2001. Mid-Pleistocene environmental change and human evolution. In Human Roots: Africa and Asia in the Middle Pleistocene (L. Barham and K. Robson-Brown, eds.), Western Academic Press, Bristol, pp. 5-21.
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Wang, W., Potts, R., Yuan, B.Y., Huang, W.W., Hai, C., Edwards, R.L., Ditchfield, P., 2007. Sequence of mammalian fossils, including hominid teeth, from the Bose region caves, south China. Journal of Human Evolution 52, 370-379.
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Wang, Wei, Stephen J. Lycett, Noreen Von Cramon-Taubadel, Jennie J. H. Jin, Christopher J. Bae, and Fred H. Smith. "Comparison of Handaxes from Bose Basin (China) and the Western Acheulean Indicates Convergence of Form, Not Cognitive Differences." PLoS ONE, 2012.
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Wang, Wei, Jinyou Mo, and Zhitao Huang. "Recent Discovery of Handaxes Associated with Tektites in the Nanbanshan Locality of the Damei Site, Bose Basin, Guangxi, South China."Chinese Science Bulletin 53, no. 6 (2008): 878-83.
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"Bose Basin" in Encyclopaedia of Human Evolution
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Rudolph F. Zallinger
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Effects of climate change on humans
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Climate Effects on Human Evolution
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Climate Effects on Human Evolution
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Smithsonian Institution
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Anthropocene
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Cohen, A., Arrowsmith, R., Behrensmeyer, A. K., Campisano, C., Feibel, C., Fisseha, S., Johnson, R., Bedaso, Z. K., Lockwood, C., Mbua, E., Olago, D., Potts, R., Reed, K., Renaut, R., Tiercelin, J.-J., Umer, M. (2009): Understanding Paleoclimate and Human Evolution Through the Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project. - Scientific Drilling, (8), p. 60-65.
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Project Overview for Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Driling Project
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Olorgesailie Drilling Project
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ODP
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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program website
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Suggested edit: Update with new information about early members of genus Homo published in the following Science paper:
Antón, Susan C., Richard Potts, and Leslie C. Aiello. "Evolution of Early Homo: An Integrated Biological Perspective." Science 345, no. 6192 (2014) [DOI:10.1126/science.1236828].
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Bernard Wood
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Alison Brooks
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Alison Brooks
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Alision Brooks
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Alison Brooks
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Faculty Member on GWU Anthropology Website
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Alison S. Brooks
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Hi! We're happy that you've decided to join the Smithsonian Institution Archives project team. What can you do to contribute?
Don't forget to list your article and content successes on the project outcome page!
- Explore SIA's online collections and finding aids on SIA's website.
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John Abbot
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Entomologist & ornithologist[16]
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William Louis Abbott
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Renaissance man[17][18]
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Robert McCormick Adams
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Archaeologist & ninth Smithsonian secretary[19]
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John Warren Aldrich
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Charles Paul Alexander
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Entomologist[24][25][26]
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Elmer Ivan Applegate
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William Harris Ashmead
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Entomologist[28]
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Wilbur Olin Atwater
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Curator of food, yes, food.[29]
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Alexander Dallas Bache
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Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey
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Vernon Orlando Bailey
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Herbert Spencer Barber
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Alice Pike Barney
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Paul Bartsch
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Carl Barus
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Silvio Bedini
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Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage
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Insect collector [51]
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Charles Bendire
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Arthur Cleveland Bent
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Joseph Charles Bequaert
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Andrew John Berger
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Samuel Stillman Berry
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Richard Eliot Blackwelder
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Richard S. Boardman
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Robert Angus Brooks
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Philologist [59]
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Nellie A. Brown
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Botanist[60]
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Oscar Ling Cartwright
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Entomologist [61]
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Doris Mable Cochran
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Johnnetta B. Cole
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Museum director
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Harrison Gray Dyar, Jr.
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William T. Evans
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Edna H. Fawcett
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Botanist[69]
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Augustus Fendler
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Natural history collector [70]
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Asa Fitch
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First person to study agriculture & entomology[71]
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William F. Foshag
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Helen Morgenthau Fox
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Botanist[73]
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Herbert Friedmann
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George Gibbs
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George Brown Goode
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Mackenzie Gordon, Jr.
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Alice Haskins
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Botanist[79]
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Florence Hedges
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Botanist[80]
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Joseph Henry
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Scientist & first secretary of the Smithsonian[81]
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I. Michael Heyman
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Lawyer & 10th Smithsonian secretary[82]
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Joseph Hirshhorn
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Art collector & founder of the Hirshhorn Museum[83][84]
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Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
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Carcinologst[85]
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Charles Robert Knight
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Wildlife artist[86]
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Samuel Pierpont Langley
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Astrophysicist & third Smithsonian secretary[87]
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Lucia McCulloch
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Botanist[88]
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Forrest Pogue
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Military historian[89]
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Agnes J. Quirk
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Botanist[90]
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John Reinhardt
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Museum director & ambassador to Nigeria[91][92][93]
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S. Dillon Ripley
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Ornithologist & eight secretary of the Smithsonian[94]
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Warren M. Robbins
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Museum director[95][96]
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Lawrence M. Small
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Businessman & 11th secretary for the Smithsonian[97]
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Robert Evans Snodgrass
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Entomologist[98][99]
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Samuel Mills Tracy
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Botanist[100][101]
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Alfred Vail
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Inventor[102][103]
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John Paul Visscher
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Protozoologist[104]
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Wesley Wait
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Inventor and dental surgeon[105]
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Charles Doolittle Walcott
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Paleontologist & fourth Smithsonian secretary[106]
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Mary Vaux Walcott
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Scientific illustrator
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Benjamin Dann Walsh
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State Entomologist of Illinois[107]
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Alexander Wetmore
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Ornithologist & sixth Smithsonian secretary[108]
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Fred Lawrence Whipple
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Astronomer[109][110][111][112]
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J. Laurens Barnard
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Carcinologist[113][114][115]
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Qinli Wu
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In Progress--Review of Biological contributions needed
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Mary K. Berger
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Botanist[116] < mislabeled. This is Mary K. Bryan.
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Amina Dickerson
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Program director[117][118]
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Patricia L. Fiske
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Museum director & curator[119]
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Sharon Patton
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African art historian and museum director[120][121]
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Lydia Puccinelli
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Art historian & curator[122][123][124]
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Lisa Taylor
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museum administrator, Cooper-Hewitt Museum[125][126]
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Ruel P. Tolman
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Curator, art museum director, graphic artist[127]
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Qinli Wu
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In Progress--Review of curator experience and contributions needed
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Joshua Irving Tracey
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Geologist, pioneered work supporting Darwin's theory on atolls.[128][129]
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James C. Tyler
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Smithsonian museum admin, ichthyology[130]
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John Varden
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Museum admin, patent office collector, Smithsonian staff[131]
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Egbert Hamilton Walker
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Botanist, researcher at Smithsonian[132][133]
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Ernest Pillsbury Walker
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Associate director of National Zoo, fur game warden of Alaska, wildlife management[134][135]
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George W. Watson
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curator, ornithologist[136][137][138][139] < George Elder Watson
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Charles K. Wead
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Patent officer[140]
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Sylvia Williams
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Museum director & art historian[141][142][143][144]
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Philip W. Wolle
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Citizen algae scientist[145]
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Ellis L. Yochelson
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paleontologist, fossil mollusks[[146][147][148][149][150][151][152]
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Expeditions and Explorers Field Notes To-do list
Every person and expedition listed in this to-do list is included in the Field Book Project and in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Here you will find a link to an article that needs improvement or an article that needs to be created. You will also find images and other resources to help you get started and other Smithsonian Institution resources for use!
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Mary Agnes Chase
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botanist and suffragette[175] image[176][177][178][179][180]
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Doris Mable Cochran
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herpetologist[181][182][183][184][185][186][187][188]
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Edgar Alexander Mearns
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ornithologist [189][190][191][192][193][194]
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United States and Mexican Boundary Survey (1848-1855)
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1.Minor editing on body of text, added URL to full text of Report on the US and Mexican Boundary Survey document on BHL, will add to body of text at the later date. (full- text :http://ia600605.us.archive.org/9/items/mobot31753002023569/mobot31753002023569.pdf)
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Edmund Heller
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Cleofé Caldéron
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botanist[204][205][206][207][208][209]
- Rediscovered Anomochloa in 1976 with assistant Sr. Talmon dos Santos in Bahia, Brazil. This tropical forest grass had died out, so this was a tremendous discovery and set the path for Judziewicz and Soderstrom (1989) to do a detailed morphological and anatomical study. This study confirmed Anomochloa was a grass and offered insight into its peculiar flowering structures.
- Deposited approximately 1000 collections, many of them bamboo, at the U.S. National Herbarium
- Discovered and named approx. 20 taxa [210][211][212]
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John Alden Loring
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mammologist and field naturalist [213][214][215][216][217]
- Represented the Smithsonian Institution as member and designated specialist to preserve specimens for the 1909 African Expedition[218]
- Provided 1905 survey of Buffalo on Wichita Forest and Game Reserve or “Wichita Buffalo Range” for New York Zoological Society[219]
- Assistant Curator (care for animals) of National Zoological Park under Hornaday[220]
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James Eike
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bird watcher[221][222]
- President (1950 – 1952, 1969-1971; VP ‘67-‘68) and long-standing executive committee member of Virginia Society of Ornithology (Chairman of various sections, too)[223]
- Virginia Society of Ornithology (VSO) James W. Eike Service Award created in his honor in 1984 [224][225]
- Papers held by Smithsonian Institution Archives – over 111 field books – part of Field Book Registry
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Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition
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members of the party[226][227][228][229][230][231][232][233][234][235][236][237][238][239][240][241][242]
- Expedition organized as first big post-presidency event for Theodore Roosevelt
- Theodore Roosevelt and son Kermit and Smithsonian-sponsored scientists
- Amassed a collection of 23,151 natural history specimens, totaling 160 species of carnivores, ungulates, rodents, insectivores, and bats
- All Field Books held by SIA & NMNH
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