Dissertation Research:  Pliocene Mammalian Fauna of the     Ndolanya Beds, Laetoli, Northern Tanzania
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The Pliocene was a time of dramatic evolutionary and                       climatic change in East Africa, yet it is poorly understood.                    This project will enhance our knowledge of mammalian evolution                  during this period by analyzing the abundant materials from the                 Ndolanya Beds at Laetoli, northern Tanzania.  This is one of the                few sites that dates to this important period; its geographical                 location and temporal placement between the Laetolil Bed and                    Olduvai Bed I make it especially important.  Specifically, the                  student, working with noted geologists, anthropologists, and                    biologists, will attempt to refine the dating of the Ndolanya                   fauna and identify previously inadequately documented vertebrate                taxa.  This will enable the student to reconstruct the                          paleoenvironment of the area.                                                        The research has the potential to have an important impact                 on paleoanthropology and our knowledge of the environment in                    which Pliocene hominidae lived.  It will provide proper                         geological and temporal controls so that hominidae finds                        (Australopithecus boisei and Homo habilis) can be placed in their               environmental context.
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