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Understanding Climate’s Influence on Human Evolution
COMMITTEE ON THE EARTH SYSTEM CONTEXTFOR HOMININ EVOLUTION
ROBERT M. HAMILTON (Chair) Independent Consultant,
Zelienople, Pennsylvania
BERHANE ASFAW,
Rift Valley Research Service, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
GAIL M. ASHLEY,
Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
THURE E. CERLING,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
ANDREW S. COHEN,
University of Arizona, Tucson
PETER B. DEMENOCAL,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, New York
ANDREW P. HILL,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
THOMAS C. JOHNSON,
University of Minnesota, Duluth
JOHN E. KUTZBACH,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
RICHARD POTTS,
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
KAYE E. REED,
Arizona State University, Tempe (resigned May 2009)
ALAN R. ROGERS,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
ALAN C. WALKER,
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
National Research Council Staff
DAVID A. FEARY, Study Director
NICHOLAS D. ROGERS, Research Associate
JENNIFER T. ESTEP, Financial and Administrative Associate