PP11F:
Geoscience Approaches to Studying the Lineage of Human Evolution I
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Session ID#: 33867
Session Description:
Paleoenvironmental change on various time and spatial scales shaped the human evolutionary lineage. Knowledge of this change relies on an array of geological, geochemical and geophysical pursuits, such as interpreting depositional processes, dating sequences, and reconstructing ecosystem community structure. In combination these data are used to contextualize fossil and archaeological records, and allow us to interrelate localities and assess the impacts of paleoclimatic events on evolution. The intent of this session is to gather an interdisciplinary community working on the origins of humans and our ancestors. We solicit new data, innovative methods, and emerging case studies that examine hominin and primate evolution using paleontology, geochronology, stratigraphy, and all related disciplines.
Primary Convener: Christopher J Lepre, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, United States; Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Paleomagnetics Lab, Palisades, NY, United States
Conveners: Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, Appalachian State University, Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Boone, United States and Christopher J Campisano, Arizona State University, Institute of Human Origins and School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, United States
Chairs: Christopher J Lepre, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, United States; Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Paleomagnetics Lab, Palisades, NY, United States and Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, Appalachian State University, Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Boone, United States
OSPA Liaison: Christopher J Lepre, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, United States; Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Paleomagnetics Lab, Palisades, NY, United States
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Thure E Cerling, University of Utah, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, United States
Kevin T Uno, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Biology and Paleo Environment, Palisades, NY, United States, Jean-Renaud Boisserie, CNRS, University of Poitiers, Institut de Paléoprimatologie, Paléontologie Humaine : Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, Poitiers, France, Thure E Cerling, University of Utah, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, United States and Pratigya J Polissar, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palisades, NY, United States
Rachel Lupien, Brown University, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Providence, RI, United States, James M Russell, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Providence, United States, Christopher J Campisano, Arizona State University, Institute of Human Origins and School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, United States, Craig S Feibel, Rutgers University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, United States, Alan L Deino, Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA, United States, John Kingston, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Anthropology, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Richard Potts, Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States and Andrew S Cohen, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, United States
Daniel Deocampo, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States, Alexandra J Simpson, Georgia State University, Geosciences, Atlanta, GA, United States, Javier Cuadros, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Emily Beverly, University of Houston, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States, Gail M Ashley, Rutgers University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, United States, Jeremy S Delaney, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States and Fred J Longstaffe, The University of Western Ontario, Earth Sciences, London, ON, Canada
Catherine C Beck, Hamilton College, Geosciences, Clinton, United States, Craig S Feibel, Rutgers University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, United States, Rachel Lupien, Brown University, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Providence, RI, United States, Chad L Yost, University of Arizona, Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, Stephen Rucina, National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, James M Russell, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Providence, United States, Alan L Deino, Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA, United States, Mark Sier, Utrecht University, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands, Andrew S Cohen, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, United States, Christopher J Campisano, Arizona State University, Institute of Human Origins and School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, United States and Scientific Team of the Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP) West Turkana Kaitio core (WTK13)
Anna Katherine Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian NMNH, Paleobiology, Washington, DC, United States, Richard Potts, Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States and Alan L Deino, Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA, United States
Giovanni Muttoni, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy, Giancarlo Scardia, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil and Dennis Kent, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States
Nick Blegen, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States and Brian Jicha, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
