Presented By: Department of Anthropology
The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series
"Mind the Gap: Human origins and other poorly known events of the Late Miocene of Africa" by James Rossie
The Department of Anthropology proudly presents
The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia series
"Mind the Gap: Human origins and other poorly known events of the Late Miocene of Africa"
By James Rossie, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Stony Brook University
In-Person: 4PM, 411 West Hall
Virtually: https://umich.zoom.us/j/92496167134
Rossie will talk about his field research at Lake Turkana, and occasionally with the Baringo Paleontological Research Project, aimed at improving our knowledge of ape and human evolution between 14 and 6 million years ago.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Raised in the North Country of New York, James Rossie took an interest in human evolution in college, went to the Koobi Fora Field School in 1995, and then to graduate school at Yale where he was trained by Andrew Hill. While there he met many excellent people, including John Kingston and Laura MacLatchy. After a 3 year post-doc at the Carnegie Museum, Rossie joined the faculty at Stony Brook in 2005. He likes to summer at Lake Baringo and Lake Turkana.
The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia series
"Mind the Gap: Human origins and other poorly known events of the Late Miocene of Africa"
By James Rossie, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Stony Brook University
In-Person: 4PM, 411 West Hall
Virtually: https://umich.zoom.us/j/92496167134
Rossie will talk about his field research at Lake Turkana, and occasionally with the Baringo Paleontological Research Project, aimed at improving our knowledge of ape and human evolution between 14 and 6 million years ago.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Raised in the North Country of New York, James Rossie took an interest in human evolution in college, went to the Koobi Fora Field School in 1995, and then to graduate school at Yale where he was trained by Andrew Hill. While there he met many excellent people, including John Kingston and Laura MacLatchy. After a 3 year post-doc at the Carnegie Museum, Rossie joined the faculty at Stony Brook in 2005. He likes to summer at Lake Baringo and Lake Turkana.
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