This project explores the expansion of modern humans into island environments globally to test theories about the causes of species extinctions and extirpations in these unique ecosystems. This effort is overseen by a steering committee and we have established a network of regional and taxa specific experts to oversee data gathering.
Steering committee
Andrea Kay, Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Torben Rick, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Scott Fitzpatrick, Department of Anthropology and Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon
Jon Erlandson, Museum of Natural and Cultural History and Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon
Alexis Mychajliw, Department of Biology and Program in Environmental Studies, Middlebury College
Andrew D. Gillreath-Brown, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Nicole Boivin, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
If you are interested in contributing to the research of the Island Extinctions Network, please contact Andrea Kay and Nicole Boivin at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology.
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