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Project Link - Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP)

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- 2014-11-27
  
  An update from Verena: After a highly productive 24hrs collecting ...
  
  2014-11-27 posted
  An update from Verena: After a highly productive 24hrs collecting ...
  
  An update from Verena: After a highly productive 24hrs collecting ...
  
  Image: Drill site after storm.
- 2014-11-24
  
  Progress continues at Chew Bahir. Hole 2B is past the ...
  
  2014-11-24 posted
  Progress continues at Chew Bahir. Hole 2B is past the ...
  
  Progress continues at Chew Bahir. Hole 2B is past the ...
  
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- 2014-11-22
  
  A good day in Chew Bahir. Smoothly switched from the ...
  
  2014-11-22 posted
  A good day in Chew Bahir. Smoothly switched from the ...
  
  A good day in Chew Bahir. Smoothly switched from the ...
  
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- 2014-11-21
  
  Field update: Slow but steady progress at site 2B. Down ...
  
  2014-11-21 posted
  Field update: Slow but steady progress at site 2B. Down ...
  
  Field update: Slow but steady progress at site 2B. Down ...
  
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- 2014-11-20
  
  News from Frank at the drill site today. The team ...
  
  2014-11-20 posted
  News from Frank at the drill site today. The team ...
  
  News from Frank at the drill site today. The team ...
  
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- 2014-11-17
  
  An update via Frank: Drilling has stopped at the current ...
  
  2014-11-17 posted
  An update via Frank: Drilling has stopped at the current ...
  
  An update via Frank: Drilling has stopped at the current ...
  
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- 2014-11-16
  
  Good news from Ryan at the drill site! Current depth: ...
  
  2014-11-16 posted
  Good news from Ryan at the drill site! Current depth: ...
  
  Good news from Ryan at the drill site! Current depth: ...
  
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- 2014-11-15
  
  Drilling slowed considerably on the 14th-15th because of problems with ...
  
  2014-11-15 posted
  Drilling slowed considerably on the 14th-15th because of problems with ...
  
  Drilling slowed considerably on the 14th-15th because of problems with ...
  
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- 2014-11-14
  
  The Chew Bahir crew is still powering through at the ...
  
  2014-11-14 posted
  The Chew Bahir crew is still powering through at the ...
  
  The Chew Bahir crew is still powering through at the ...
  
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- 2014-11-13
  
  Things improved lithologically right after we decided we would have ...
  
  2014-11-13 posted
  Things improved lithologically right after we decided we would have ...
  
  Things improved lithologically right after we decided we would have ...
  
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Gallery
Some Photos from Eastern Rift Valley

	Type	Approval	Date
ICDP	workshop	yes	1/15/2007
ICDP	workshop	yes	11/17/2008
SPP	full	yes	8/15/2009
ICDP	full	yes	1/15/2010
SPP	full	yes	8/15/2011
SPP	full	yes	8/15/2012
ICDP	full	yes	1/15/2013
SPP	full	yes	8/15/2013
ICDP	full	yes	8/15/2014

Operational Report
Cohen, A.; Campisano, C.; Arrowsmith, R.; Asrat, A.; Behrensmeyer, A.K.; Deino, A.; Feibel, C.; Hill, A.; Johnson, R.;, Kingston, J.; Lamb, H.; Lowenstein, T.; Noren, A.; Olago, D.; Owen, R.B.; Potts, R.; Reed, K.; Renaut, R.; Schäbitz, F.; Tiercelin, J.J.; Trauth, M.H.; Wynn, J.; Ivory, S.; Brady, K.; O’Grady, R.; Rodysill, J.; Githiri, J.; Russell, J.; Foerster, V.; Dommain, R.; Rucina, S.; Deocampo, D.; Russell, J.; Billingsley, A.; Beck, C.; Dorenbeck, G.; Dullo, L.; Feary, D.; Garello, D.; Gromig, R.; Johnson, T.; Junginger, A.; Karanja, M.; Kimburi, E.; Mbuthia, A.; McCartney, T.; McNulty, E.; Muiruri, V.; Nambiro, E.; Negash, E.W.; Njagi, D.; Wilson, J.N.; Rabideaux, N.; Raub, T.; Sier, M.J.; Smith, P.; Urban, J.; Warren, M.; Yadeta, M.; Yost, C.; Zinaye, B. (2016):
The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project: inferring the environmental context of human evolution from eastern African rift lake deposits,
> 10.5194/sd-21-1-2016
Scientific Drilling 21 1-16
Press & Media
How a Fickle Climate Made Us Human
Out of the Kenyan Mud, an Ancient Climate Record
Core Questions About Human Evolution
2.88M to Fund Study of Links Between Human Evolution, Past Climate
Publications

All ICDP-related Publications

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Düsing, W.; Asrat, A.; Förster, V.E.; Krämer, K.H.; Lamb, H.F.; Marwan, N.; Schäbitz, F.; Trauth, M.H. (2018):

Trends, Rhythms And Transitions During The Late Quaternary In Southern Ethiopia. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2018 36

Förster, V.E.; Asrat, A.; Cohen, A.S.; Deocampo, D.M.; Deino, A.L.; Düsing, W.; Günter, C.; Krämer, K.H.; Lamb, H.F.; Opitz, S.; Roberts, H.M.; Schäbitz, F.; Trauth, M.H.; HSPDP Science Team (2018):

Authigenic Minerals In The HSPDP-Chew Bahir Sediment Cores (southern Ethiopia): Using Mineral Alteration As Sensitive Paleoclimate Proxy. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2018 39

Krüger, J.; Hofreiter, M.; Tiedemann, R.; Trauth, M.H.; Förster, V.E.; Hartmann, S.; Havenstein, K. (2018):

Ancient DNA And Metagenomics Of Lake Sediments. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2018 51

Trauth, M.H.; Asrat, A.; Duesing, W.; Förster, V.E.; Krämer, K.H.; Lamb, H.F.; Marwan, N.; Maslin, M.A.; Schäbitz, F.; HSPDP Science Team (2018):

Classifying Past Climate Variation In The Chew Bahir Basin, Southern Ethiopia, Using Recurrence Quantification Analysis. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2018 84

Förster, V.E.; Deocampo, D.M.; Asrat, A.; Günter, C.; Junginger, A.; Krämer, K.H.; Stroncik, N.A.; Trauth, M.H. (2018):

Towards An Understanding Of Climate Proxy Formation In The Chew Bahir Basin, Southern Ethiopian Rift. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.04.009

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 111-123

Trauth, M.H.; Förster, V.E.; Junginger, A.; Asrat, A.; Lamb, H.F.; Schäbitz, F. (2018):

Abrupt Or Gradual? Change Point Analysis Of The Late Pleistocene- Holocene Climate Record From Chew Bahir, Southern Ethiopia. doi:10.1017/qua.2018.30

Quaternary Research 1-10

Förster, V.E.; Asrat, A.; Chapot, M.; Cohen, A.S.; Dean, J.R.; Deino, A.L.; Günter, C.; Junginger, A.; Lamb, H.F.; Leng, M.J.; Roberts, H.M.; Schäbitz, F.; Trauth, M.H.; HSPDP Science Team (2017):

Deciphering Climate Information From The Long Chew Bahir Sediment Cores: Towards A Continuous Half-million Year Climate Record From The Southern Ethiopian Rift. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2017 56-57

Schäbitz, F.; HSPDP- And CRC806-Team (2017):

Chew Bahir, The HSPDP Drill Site: Half A Million Years Of Environmental History From Southern Ethiopia. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2017 122

Tiedemann, R.; Krüger, J.; Havenstein, K.; Trauth, M.H.; Henneberger, K.; Hartmann, S.; Hofreiter, M. (2017):

DNA-Metabarcoding Of Phyto- And Zooplankton In East African Lake Sediments As Proxies For Past Environmental Perturbation. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2017 140

Campisano, C.J.; Cohen, A.S.; Arrowsmith, J.R.; Asrat, A.; Behrensmeyer, A.K.; Brown, E.T.; Deino, A.L.; Deocampo, D.M.; Feibel, C.S.; Kingston, J.D.; Lamb, H.F.; Lowenstein, T.K.; Noren, A.; Olago, D.O.; Owen, R.B.; Pelletier, J.D.; Potts, R.; Reed, K.E.; Renaut, R.W.; Russell, J.M.; Russell, J.L.; Schäbitz, F.; Stone, J.R.; Trauth, M.H.; Wynn, J.G. (2017):

The Hominin Sites And Paleolakes Drilling Project: High-Resolution Paleoclimate Records From The East African Rift System And Their Implications For Understanding The Environmental Context Of Hominin Evolution. doi:

PaleoAnthropology 2017 1-43

Cohen, A.S.; Campisano, C.J.; Arrowsmith, J.R.; Asrat, A.; Behrensmeyer, A.K.; Deino, A.L.; Feibel, C.S.; Hill, A.; Johnson, R.; Kingston, J.D.; Lamb, H.F.; Lowenstein, T.K.; Noren, A.; Olago, D.O.; Owen, R.B.; Potts, R.; Reed, K.E.; Renaut, R.W.; Schäbitz, F.; Tiercelin, J.J.; Trauth, M.H.; Wynn, J.G.; Ivory, S.J.; Brady, K.; O’Grady, R.; Rodysill, J.; Githiri, J.; Russell, J.; Förster, V.E.; Dommain, R.; Rucina, S.M.; Deocampo, D.M.; Russell, J.; Billingsley, A.; Beck, C.C.; Dorenbeck, G.; Dullo, L.; Feary, D.; Garello, D.; Gromig, R.; Johnson, T.; Junginger, A.; Karanja, M.; Kimburi, E.; Mbuthia, A.; McCartney, T.; McNulty, E.; Muiruri, V.; Nambiro, E.; Negash, E.W.; Njagi, D.; Wilson, J.N.; Rabideaux, N.; Raub, T.; Sier, M.J.; Smith, P.; Urban, J.; Warren, M.; Yadeta, M.; Yost, C.; Zinaye, B. (2016):

The Hominin Sites And Paleolakes Drilling Project: Inferring The Environmental Context Of Human Evolution From Eastern African Rift Lake Deposits. doi:10.5194/sd-21-1-2016

Scientific Drilling 21 1-16

Tiedemann, R.; Trauth, M.H.; Hofreiter, M. (2016):

DNA-Metabarcoding Of Phyto- And Zooplankton In East African Lake Sediments As Proxies For Past Environmental Perturbation. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2016 109

Förster, V.E.; Asrat, A.; Cohen, A.S.; Junginger, A.; Lamb, H.F.; Schäbitz, F.; Trauth, M.H.; HSPDP Science Team (2015):

Three Promising Tonnes Of Sediment Cores From Chew Bahir, South Ethiopia, To Reconstruct 0.5 Ma Of Climatic History. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2015 41-42

Schäbitz, F.; Wagner, B.; Viehberg, F.A.; Wennrich, V.; Rethemeyer, J.; Just, J.; Klasen, N.; Asrat, A.; Lamb, H.F.; Förster, V.E.; Trauth, M.H.; Junginger, A.; Cohen, A.S.; HSPDP Science Team (2015):

Preliminary Results From The Deep Drilling At Chew Bahir, South Ethiopia. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2015 114-115

Stockhecke, M.; Beck, C.C.; Brown, E.T.; Cohen, A.S.; Deino, A.L.; Feibel, C.S.; Sier, M.J.; HSPDP Drilling Project Research Team (2015):

A ~600 Kyr Duration Early Pleistocene Record From The West Turkana (Kenya) HSPDP Drill Site: Elemental XRF Variability To Reconstruct Climate Change In Turkana Boy’s Backyard. doi:

American Geophysical Union Abstracts With Programs 2015 Poster:PP31A-2212

Förster, V.E.; Vogelsang, R.; Junginger, A.; Asrat, A.; Lamb, H.F.; Schäbitz, F.; Trauth, M.H. (2015):

Environmental Change And Human Occupation Of Southern Ethiopia And Northern Kenya During The Last 20,000 Years. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.026

Quaternary Science Reviews 333-340

Förster, V.E. (2014):

Late Quaternary Climate Variability In The Source Region Of Homo Sapiens. Dry-wet Cycles In Chew Bahir, Southern Ethiopia. doi:

Dissertation 139

Junginger, A.; Roller, S.; Olaka, L.A.; Trauth, M.H. (2014):

The Effects Of Solar Irradiation Changes On The Migration Of The Congo Air Boundary And Water Levels Of Paleo-Lake Suguta, Northern Kenya Rift, During The African Humid Period (15-5 Ka BP). doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.12.007

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 1-16

Förster, V.E.; Junginger, A.; Asrat, A.; Lamb, H.F.; Wennrich, V.; Weber, M.E.; Rethemeyer, J.; Frank, U.; Brown, M.C.; Trauth, M.H.; Schäbitz, F. (2014):

46 000 Years Of Alternating Wet And Dry Phases On Decadal To Orbital Timescales In The Cradle Of Modern Humans: The Chew Bahir Project, Southern Ethiopia. doi:10.5194/cpd-10-1-2014

Climate Of The Past Discussions 10 977-1023

Förster, V.E.; Junginger, A.; Vogelsang, R.; Asrat, A.; Lamb, H.F.; Wennrich, V.; Weber, M.E.; Rethemeyer, J.; Frank, U.; Brown, M.C.; Trauth, M.H.; Schäbitz, F. (2014):

Wet-dry Shifts In The Source Region Of Modern Man: A Late Quaternary Climate Record From Chew Bahir, Southern Ethiopia. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2014 47-48

Förster, V.E.; Junginger, A.; Asrat, A.; Umer, M.; Lamb, H.F.; Kassa, T.; Wennrich, V.; Weber, M.E.; Rethemeyer, J.; Nowaczyk, N.R.; Frank, U.; Brown, M.C.; Trauth, M.H.; Schäbitz, F. (2013):

The Chew Bahir Drilling Project, Southern Ethiopia: Towards A Reconstruction Of Quaternary Climate Shifts In The Cradle Of Humankind. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2013 70-73

Förster, V.E.; Junginger, A.; Asrat, A.; Umer, M.; Lamb, H.F.; Gebru, T.; Wennrich, V.; Weber, M.E.; Rethemeyer, J.; Nowaczyk, N.R.; Frank, U.; Brown, M.C.; Trauth, M.H.; Schäbitz, F. (2012):

The Chew Bahir Project, Southern Ethiopia: Towards A Reconstruction Of Late Quaternary Climate Shifts In The Cradle Of Humankind. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2012 47-49

Schäbitz, F.; Trauth, M.H.; Förster, V.E.; Lamb, H.F.; Asrat, A.; Umer, M. (2012):

Paleoclimate Reconstruction For East Africa, The Region Of Human Origins: First Results From Chew Bahir Basin, Ethiopia, An ICDP Site In The Context Of The -Hominid Sites And Paleolakes Drilling Project- (HSPDP). doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2012 148

Förster, V.E.; Junginger, A.; Langkamp, O.; Gebru, T.; Asrat, A.; Umer, M.; Lamb, H.F.; Wennrich, V.; Rethemeyer, J.; Nowaczyk, N.R.; Trauth, M.H.; Schäbitz, F. (2012):

Climatic Change Recorded In The Sediments Of The Chew Bahir Basin, Southern Ethiopia, During The Last 45,000 Years. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.06.028

Quaternary International, Special Issue 274 25-37

Richter, J.; Melles, M.; Schäbitz, F. (eds.) (2012):

Temporal And Spatial Corridors Of Homo Sapiens Sapiens Population Dynamics During The Late Pleistocene And Early Holocene. doi:10.1016/S1040-6182(12)03099-6

Quaternary International, Special Issue 274 1-272

Förster, V.E.; Langkamp, O.; Schäbitz, F.; Asrat, A.; Lamb, H.F.; Trauth, M.H.; Umer, M. (2011):

The Chew Bahir Project - First Steps Towards A Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction For South Ethiopia. doi:

IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2011 62

Cohen, A.S.; Umer, M. (2009):

Connecting Scientific Drilling And Human Evolution Scientific Drilling For Human Origins: Exploring The Application Of Drill Core Records To Understanding Hominin Evolution; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 17-21 November 2008. doi:

Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 90(14) 7

Cohen, A.S.; Arrowsmith, J.R.; Behrensmeyer, A.K.; Campisano, C.J.; Feibel, C.S.; Fisseha, S.; Johnson, R.; Bedaso, Z.; Lockwood, C.; Mbua, E.; Olago, D.O.; Potts, R.; Reed, K.E.; Renaut, R.W.; Tiercelin, J.J.; Umer, M. (2009):

Understanding Paleoclimate And Human Evolution Through The Hominin Sites And Paleolakes Drilling Project. doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.8.10.2009

Scientific Drilling 8 60-65

Cohen, A.S.; Ashley, G.M.; Potts, R.; Behrensmeyer, A.K.; Feibel, C.S.; Quade, J. (2006):

Paleoclimate And Human Evolution Workshop. doi:10.1029/2006EO160008

Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87(16) 161

Reports

Drill Site Proposals Advanced To Project Development by HSPDP

Baringo Basin Drilling	John D. Kingston, et al.
Chew Bahir Drilling	Henry F. Lamb, et al.
N.Afar Drilling	Christopher J. Campesino, et al.
Southern Kenya Drilling	A. K. Behrensmeyer, et al.
Turkana Basin Drilling	Craig S. Feibel, et al.

Workshops
Second Annual Meeting - Hominin Sites Drilling Project Workshop
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
on January 9-10, 2016
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First Annual Meeting - Hominin Sites Drilling Project Workshop
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
on January 10, 2015
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Hominin Sites Drilling Project Workshop
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
on November 17 - 21, 2008
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Some Photos from Eastern Rift Valley