ANALYTICAL WORKING GROUPS

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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 22 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 64 institutions representing 16 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,
John Gatesy, 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, Ken Ludwig, William McIntosh, Kozo Uto, Giday WoldeGabriel
Hominoids

Coordinator: Clark Howell, Jay Kelley

Members: tba
 
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, John Kingston, Jay Quade, Gezahegn Yirgu
Birds

Coordinator: Antoine Louchart

Members: Julie Carrier, Pippa Haarhoff, Tom Stidham
Carnivores

Coordinator: Louis de Bonis

Members: Clark Howell, Margaret Lewis, Stephane Peigne, Lars Werdelin
 
Comparative Behavior and Ecology

Coordinator: William McGrew

Members: Robert Foley, Kevin Hunt, Linda Marchant, James Moore, Craig Stanford
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
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: Thure Cerling, Jonathan Kingston, Naomi Levin, Jay Quade, Matt Sponheimer, Jonathan Wynn, Antoine Zazzo
 
Taphonomy

Coordinator: Christiane Denys

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