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The Revealing Hominid Origins Initiative supports small groups of researchers focused on specific aspects of the Upper Miocene. A total of 24 flexible Analytical Working Groups (AWGs) are envisioned. Each AWG comprises a group coordinator and one to several team members. RHOI AWG coordinators and members hail from 87 institutions representing 22 nations worldwide.

The current compositions of RHOI Analytical Working Groups are listed below. Researcher's names are linked to their contact information.

 

Aardvarks

Coordinator: Michel Brunet

Members: Thomas Lehmann, Ross MacPhee

Bovids

Coordinator: Elizabeth Vrba

Members: Faysal Bibi, Maia Bukhsianidze, David DeGusta,
Alan Gentry, Denis Geraads, Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Dimitris Kostopoulos
 
 
 

Cercopithecids

Coordinator: Nina Jablonski

Members: Brenda Benefit, Eric Delson, Gerald Eck, Steven Frost, Leslea Hlusko, Meave Leakey
 

Computer Imaging

Coordinator: Gen Suwa

Members: tba

Fish

Coordinator: Kathy Stewart

Members: Alison Murray, Olga Otero

Geochronology

Coordinator: Paul Renne

Members: Alan Deino, William Hart, Tesfaye Kidane, William McIntosh, Kozo Uto, Giday WoldeGabriel

Hominoids

Coordinator: Clark Howell, Jay Kelley, George Koufos

Members: Berhane Asfaw, David Begun, Ray Bernor, Mikael Fortelius, Erksin Güleç, Terry Harrison, Yutaka Kunimatsu, Masato Nakatsukasa, Nikolai Spassov, Gen Suwa

Paleobotany

Coordinator: Mohammed Umer

Members: Raymonde Bonnefille, Sebsebe Demissew, Ib Friis,
Bonnie Jacobs, Henry Lamb

Phytoliths

Coordinator: Doris Barboni, Caroline Strömberg

Members: tba

Reptiles and Amphibians

Coordinator: Jean-Claude Rage

Members: tba

Stable Isotopes

Coordinator: Stanley Ambrose

Members: Naomi Levin, Jay Quade, Jonathan Wynn, Antoine Zazzo
 

Taphonomy

Coordinator: Christiane Denys

Members: Peter Andrews, Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo, Antoine Louchart, Thalassa Matthews, Denne Reed

Birds

Coordinator: Antoine Louchart

Members: Julie Carrier, Pippa Haarhoff, Tom Stidham

Carnivores

Coordinator: Louis de Bonis

Members: Clark Howell, Michel Brunet, Nuria Garcia, Denis Geraads, Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Adam Hartstone-Rose, George Koufos, Margaret Lewis, Andossa Likius, Hassane Taisso Mackaye, Stephane Peigne, Mauro Petrucci, Lorenzo Rook, Raffaele Sardella, Yuriy Semenov, Patrick Vignaud, Shaina Wahl, Lars Werdelin
 

Comparative Behavior and Ecology

Coordinator: William McGrew

Members: Mark Collard, Sandi Copeland, Robert Foley, Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar, Kevin Hunt, Linda Marchant, James Moore, Craig Stanford, Natalie Uomini

Exploration

Coordinator: Tim White, Michel Brunet

Members: Jean-Renaud Boisserie, Henry Gilbert, Clark Howell

Giraffes and Camels

Coordinator: John Harris

Members: Denis Geraads, Andossa Likius, Nikos Solounias

Hippos and Anthracotheres

Coordinator: Jean-Renaud Boisserie

Members: Rebecca Fisher, Fabrice Lihoreau, Eleanor Weston

Mammalian Paleodiets

Coordinator: Gina Semprebon

Members: Miranda Armour-Chelu, Ray Bernor, Julia Fahlke,
Sherry Nelson, Nikos Solounias, Dominik Wolf

Perissodactyls

Coordinator: Ray Bernor

Members: Miranda Armour-Chelu, Kurt Heissig, Thomas Kaiser,
Hideo Nakaya, Cesur Pehlevan, Robert Scott, Ayhan Yigit

Proboscideans

Coordinator: Hassane Taisso Mackaye, Haruo Saegusa

Members: tba

Small Mammals

Coordinator: Laurent Viriot

Members: Pablo Pelaez-Campomanes, Christiane Denys,
Marie-Esther Etienne, Nieves López-Martínez, Frederick Kyalo Manthi, Hank Wesselman,
Alisa Winkler

Suids

Members: Ray Bernor, Jean-Renaud Boisserie, Michel Brunet,
Scott Simpson, Tim White

Tephra

Coordinator: Bill Hart, Giday WoldeGabriel, Kensaku Tamaki

Members: Dereje Ayalew, Shigehiro Katoh, Jay Quade, Gezahegn Yirgu