This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) project grant supports a collaborative paleontological and geological research effort led by the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) to advance understanding of human origins. The $152,000 award, which runs from September 2024 to August 2027, funds intensive field work, analytical analyses, and educational outreach to retrieve fossil, paleoenvironmental, and geological data from rare 6-million-year-old paleontological sites in Africa that coincide with the emergence of the human lineage. The multi-proxy research approach investigates local paleoclimate, vegetation, and herbivore community ecology to provide robust dietary, environmental, and climatic reconstructions to contextualize the fossil assemblages. The project also supports graduate and undergraduate student training and K-12 outreach activities through the AMNH. No sub-awards are planned under this grant.
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