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Project Title:
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The Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution
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BESR-U-06-01-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Sub Unit:
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Board on Earth Sciences & Resources
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RSO:
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Feary, David
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Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution Workshop (2/21-22) and Meeting 2 (2/23)
February 21, 2008 - February 23, 2008
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center
100 Academy Dr.
Irvine, California
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Tonya Fong Yee
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TFongYee@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-1331
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Fax:
202-334-1377
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Agenda:
WORKSHOP: Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution
DRAFT AGENDA
Thursday, February 21, 2008
7.45 a.m. Assemble in hotel lobby and bus to Beckman Center
8.15 a.m. Working Continental Breakfast
9.00 Welcome Statements Bob Hamilton
Committee Chair
Rich Lane
National Science Foundation
9.30 PLENARY ADDRESS:
Tempo and trends and possible causes of African climate change during the Pliocene-Pleistocene Peter deMenocal
10.00-10.30 Break
10.30-12.00 BREAKOUT-I
Question 1: What was the history and variability of hominin paleoenvironments over the last 8 Ma?
Question 2: How do we improve geochronological control and temporal resolution?
12.00-1.00 Working Lunch
1.00 PLENARY ADDRESS:
The Tempo of Evolution Rick Potts
1.30-3.00 BREAKOUT-II
Question 3: Can terrestrial, lacustrine, and marine paleoenvironmental record be reconciled in terms of known forcing mechanisms?
Question 4: How can biotic evolution and adaptation be quantified?
3.00-3.30 Break
3.30 PLENARY ADDRESS:
Climate, Tectonics, and Hominin Evolution Peter Molnar
4.00-5.30 BREAKOUT-III
Question 5: How does the terrestrial biotic record relate to the paleoenvironmental changes indicated by terrestrial, lacustrine, and marine records?
Question 6: How do we improve our understanding of hominin interactions with their environment?
5.30-7.00 Reception at the Beckman Center
Friday, February 22, 2008
7.45 a.m. Assemble in hotel lobby and bus to Beckman Center
8.15 a.m. Working Continental Breakfast
9.00 PLENARY ADDRESS:
Early hominid skeletal biology, environmental context, and behavior - a view from Afar Tim White
9.30-10.00 BREAKOUT REPORTS – Questions 1-6
10.00-10.30 Break
10.30-11.30 BREAKOUT REPORTS (cont) – Questions 1-6
11.30 PLENARY ADDRESS:
Working Title: Tectonostratigraphic Context of Turkana Basin Frank Brown
12.00-1.00 Working Lunch
1.00 PLENARY ADDRESS:
The Cape Floral Kingdom, Shellfish, and Modern Human Origins: Transdisciplinary Problems require Transdisciplinary Projects Curtis Marean
1.30-3.00 BREAKOUT-IV
Question 7: What new archives, proxies, and methods are needed?
Question 8: How do we test the null hypothesis that human evolution was unaffected by environmental change?
3.00-3.30 Break
3.30-4.30 BREAKOUT REPORTS – Questions 7-8
4.30 Wrap-up and Thanks Bob Hamilton
Committee Chair
5.00 Adjourn
Saturday, February 23, 2008
CLOSED SESSION
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Robert M. Hamilton (Chair)
Berhane Asfaw
Gail M. Ashley
Thure E. Cerling
Andrew S. Cohen
Peter B. deMenocal
Andrew P. Hill
Thomas C. Johnson
John E. Kutzbach
Richard Potts
Kaye E. Reed
Alan C. Walker
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Report Structure
Findings from Workshop
Conclusions and Initiatives
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
February 26, 2008
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