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Museum National
d'Histoire Naturelle |
http://www.mnhn.fr/
In addition to its world-class collections, Paris's Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle is home to many scientific research institutes. MNHN's Laboratoire de Paleontologie is home to scientists Martin Pickford and Brigitte Senut, co-discoverers of Orrorin tugenensis.
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Community Museums
of Kenya |
The Community Museums of Kenya is an educational organization based in
Nairobi. CMK were responsible for the field work that unearthed Orrorin.
They also work closely with other scientific teams: with Martin
Pickford and Brigitte Senut from Paris and with a team from the University of Shimane in Japan. For more information, write to: Community Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 74689, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Institute of Human
Origins at Arizona State University |
http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/
This research institute affiliated with Arizona State University is dedicated to the recovery and analysis of fossil evidence of human evolution.
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American Museum of Natural History |
http://www.amnh.org/
New York City's American Museum of Natural History presents exhibitions about natural phenomena a little bit closer to home. Visit AMNH's Rose Center for Earth and Space, as well as the Hayden Planetarium, to get an up-close-and-personal look at our vast universe.
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First Hominid from the Miocene (Lukeino Formation, Kenya) |
http://www.elsevier.fr/html/news/PXTE1529.PDF
Download a copy of Martin Pickford and Brigitte Senut's academic paper announcing Orrorin tugenensis and their claims about this remarkable creature. (Acrobat reader required)
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Fast Breaking Comment by Dr. Brigitte Senut |
http://www.esi-topics.com/fbp/comments/
december-01-Brigitte-Senut.html
For Essential Science Indicators, publishers of a list of highly cited academic papers from 22 broad fields of science, Dr. Brigitte Senut answers questions about the discovery of Orrorin and the paper that she and her colleagues published that outlines their finds.
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EVOLUTION |
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/
This 7-part PBS series and companion Web site aims to heighten understanding of evolution and how it works and to encourage a national dialogue.
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Becoming Human |
http://www.becominghuman.org/
Arizona State University's Institute for Human Origins presents this companion Web site to a documentary film about evolution.
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New Early Human
Fossils |
http://www.nature.com/nsu/010712/010712-14.html
This article in "Nature" magazine discusses recent early hominid fossil find including Orrorin tugenensis.
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Orangutan Foundation International |
http://www.orangutan.org/home/home.php
Orangutans, whose name literally translates from the Malay to "People of the forest," are among humankind's most direct ancestors. The Orangutan Foundation International seeks to promote awareness about these endangered species and how they can help us learn how we became human, in particular, about how we learned to walk on two legs.
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