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http://anthropology.utoronto.ca/Faculty/Begun/main.htm
Tentative dates: July 1st to July 29th, 2015
Registration and deposit ($1000): April 2nd
Final payment ($2000): May 1st
Rudapithecus
• A 10 million year old ape• Close to the missing link
between great apes and humans• Hungary• Rudabánya
• A very rich paleontological site with thousands of fossils
• Everyone finds fossils at Rudabánya
• Some lucky students find ape fossils
Here’s what happened
Probably about 9-8 Ma•Climates become more seasonal north of the tropics•Hominids forced south to Africa and Southeast Asia
Recovering fossils
The most complete skull of a European fossil ape
The little skull in my hands
Students hard at work
Me excavating a primate
Students taking elevations
A deer pelvis
A pig’s jaw
An elephant jaw
Most of a horse hindlimb
A primate jaw
The guest house
Our daily meeting
Students hard at play
Student Karaoke
A folk festival
Rudabánya 10 million years ago
Rudabánya• Everyone finds fossils at
Rudabánya• Some lucky students find ape
fossils• All your expenses in Hungary
are included in the ancillary fees
• We sleep in a dorm with showers and bedding provided
• Dinner is catered and we make breakfast and lunch in our kitchen
• The locals love us and invite us to their special events
For more information about the field school, go to: http://anthropology.utoronto.ca/Faculty/Begun/main.htm
For more information about Rudabánya, go to:
• http://hungarianspectrum.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/rudapithecus-of-rudabanya-hungary/
• Or Google Rudabánya
• Hope to see you this summer!