Tyler Faith at NHMU DinoFest 2020

It has long been suggested that our hominin ancestors drove the extinctions of Africa's largest mammals over the last two million years. Dr. Faith will evaluate such hypotheses through exploration of eastern African paleontological, archaeological, and paleoenvironmental data. The timing and pattern of megaherbivore extinctions argues against hominin impacts, and highlights the important role of climate-driven ecosystem change in Africa's extinctions.