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Archives of American Art

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Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon To-do list
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Anna Ancher artist, NMWA bringing reference: A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony.
Louise Dahl-Wolfe artist, NMWA bringing reference: Louise Dahl-Wolfe: a Retrospective Exhibition.
Audrey Flack artist, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, bio from her website, article in ArtMag, Oral history with Audrey Flack in AAA, Audrey Flack papers, "My Portrait of Anwar Sadat," from AAA Blog, NMWA bringing reference: Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, a Retrospective 1950-1990.
Lavinia Fontana artist, NMWA bringing reference: Lavinia Fontana of Bologna, 1552-1614.
Edith Halpert art dealer, Downtown Gallery records, Archives of American Art blog post, 1962 Oral History interview, 1965 Oral History interview,
Lois Mailou Jones artist, NMWA bringing reference: Lois Mailou Jones: a Life in Vibrant Color.
Josefa de Óbidos artist, NMWA bringing reference: The Sacred and the Profane: Josefa de Óbidos of Portugal.
Doris Lee artist, Doris Lee Papers in NMWA,
Edmonia Lewis artist, Artist biography, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, online exhibition from 1996, museum blog post, Edmonia Lewis on the Luce Center website (includes video).
Alma Thomas artist, biography from Smithsonian American Art Museum, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography from Luce Center website, information about Red Abstraction (with audio), information about Light Blue Nursery, Alma Thomas papers in AAA
Carrie Mae Weems artist, NMWA bringing reference Carrie Mae Weems.
Lola Alvarez Bravo artist, NMWA Lola Alvarez Bravo Artist Profile, NMWA bringing reference: Lola Alvarez Bravo: In Her Own Light.
Amalia Amaki artist, NMWA bringing reference: Amalia Amaki: Boxes, Buttons and the Blue.
Mirella Bentivoglio artist, NMWA bringing reference: The Visual Poetry of Mirella Bentivoglio.
Dorr Bothwell painter, printmaker, art instructor, Finding aid to the Dorr Bothwell papers, 1965 oral history interview with Dorr Bothwell
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle sculptor, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, work in the Met's collection (same title), biography from National Museum of Wildlife Art
Margaret Foley sculptor, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum w/text, artist biography from Luce Foundation Center website, details on object in Brooklyn Museum of Art, details on object in Post Road Gallery
Eugenie Gershoy artist, Finding aid to the Eugenie Gershoy papers, 1964 oral history interview with Eugenie Gershoy, "Fantasy and Humor in Sculpture," ca. 1940, Images on Commons
Sarah Goodridge miniaturist A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts; [1]; [2]
Katharine Kuh curator, dealer, writer, advocate for modern art, Finding aid to the Kuh papers in the AAA, Finding aid to the Avis Berman research material on Katharine Kuh in the AAA
Constance Stuart Larrabee photojournalist, NMWA bringing reference: Constance Stuart Larrabee: WWII Photo Journal.
Elizabeth Nourse Elizabeth Nourse sketchbooks and scrapbooks,
Anna Claypoole Peale miniaturist, Q and Art: Anna Claypoole Peale; [3]; bring reference: The Peale Family: Creation of a Legacy 1770-1870.
Sarah Miriam Peale miniaturist Concise Dictionary of Women Artists;
Irene Rice Pereira Irene Rice Pereira papers SI; Irene Rice Pereira Papers NMWA; NMWA bringing reference: Irene Rice Pereira's Library : a Metaphysical Journey.
Ginny Ruffner artist, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography from the Luce Center website, information on A Girl's Guide to Fashion Evolution, information on Inventing the Music of Beauty, About the artist in Art Guide, oral history with Ginny Ruffner in AAA, Ginny Ruffner papers in AAA
Miriam Schapiro artist, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, information about her work Dollhouse (including audio), artist biography on Luce Center website (with video), oral history with Schapiro in AAA, Greeting cart from Schapiro to Nancy Drysdale in AAA
Bernarda Bryson Shahn painter, printmaker, and illustrator, Finding aid to the Bernarda Bryson Shahn papers, 1983 oral history interview with Bernarda Bryson Shahn
May Stevens artist, NMWA bringing reference: May Stevens.
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig painter
Harriete Estel Berman sculptor, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, biography on Luce Foundation Center website, artist's website, the artist in the Contemporary Museum of Craft
Rosalind Bengelsdorf painter, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, biography on the Luce Foundation Center website, Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne Papers in AAA
Bessie Stough Callender sculptor, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, biography on the Smithsonian American Art Museum website, biography from the Luce Foundation Center website
Margret Craver artist, biography on the Smithsonian American Art Museum website, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography on the Luce Center website, information on Muffineer from the Luce Center website, information on Brooch from the Luce Center website, Oral history with Margret Craver Withers (same person) in AAA, Margret Craver Withers papers in AAA
Carol Kreeger Davidson artist, NMWA bringing reference: The Abstract Figure: Carol Kreeger Davidson, a Retrospective.
Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson painter, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, biography on Luce Foundation Center website
Claude Raguet Hirst artist, NMWA bringing reference: Claude Raguet Hirst: Transforming the American Still Life.
Anne Marguerite Hyde de Neuville watercolorist Anne Marguerite Hyde de Neuville, [4]; [5]; [6]; [7]; [8]; [9];
Ellen Lanyon artist, NMWA bringing reference: Ellen Lanyon.
Eva Levina-Rozengolts artist, NMWA bringing reference: Eva Levina-Rozengolts: Her Life and Work.
Janice Lowry artist, Janice Lowry papers,
  • LA Times obit, Nelson, Valerie J. (2009-10-02). "Janice Lowry Gothold dies at 63; artist and journal writer taught in Orange County". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
Nan Mason detailed description of her papers, photo on Commons
Elizabeth McCausland art critic and writer, collection summary, detailed description of her papers, Archives of American Art Journal article
Evelyn Metzger artist, NMWA bringing reference: The Age of Grandeur and a Woman Who Lived It Artist Evelyn Metzger.
Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff bookbinder, printmaker [10]
Edna Reindel artist, Edna Reindel Papers NMWA, 1944 Edna Reindell Paints Women at War ~ Article & Photos, CLARA biography of Edna Reindel, American Art Archives Summary of Edna Reindel papers, 1918-1990, Items pertaining to Edna Reindel in New York art libraries, House and Garden Covers by Edna Reindel.
Katherine Schmidt painter, Schmidt papers in AAA, 1969 oral history with Schmidt in AAA, works by Schmidt in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, artists bio on the SAAM website
Mary Jane Simes miniaturist, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection
Faye Tso folk artist, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography from the Luce Center website, information on Bean Pot from the Luce Center website, Chuck and Jan Rosenak Research Material in AAA
Rose Williams (artist) folk artist, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography on the Luce Center website, Chuck and Jan Rosenak Research Material in AAA

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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Smithsonian Folkways
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Paredon Records
Collector Records
M.O.R.E.
Dyer-Bennet
Mickey Hart Collection [11] [12]
Anthony Seeger ethnomusicologist and founding director of Smithsonian Folkways
Music of Indonesia series (referenced several times in Wikipedia, but not yet given its own page)
Tradiciones/Traditions series Latino Center & CFCH collaboration, including Smithsonian Folkways CD series and Folklife Festival performances
Diana Davies (photographer) photographer, her collection currently resides with CFCH’s Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Moses Asch founder of Folkways Records (pre-Smithsonian acquisition)

National Museum of American History

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Clotilde Arias http://americanhistory.si.edu/documentsgallery/exhibitions/arias/ Biographical details and details about her process of translating the national anthem are missing.
Teodoro Vidal Article could be created for this prominent collector of Puerto Rican history.
Crockett Johnson Article does not include Johnson's mathematical paintings. Our object records include a lot of information about what mathematical concept or theory inspired Crockett.
Frank Gasparro http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/art-of-frank-gasparro-10th-united-states-mint-chief-engraver?ogmt_page=art-of-frank-gasparro-10th-united-states-mint-chief-engraver-introduction&edan_start=0 His process of designing coins is not included in the Wikipedia article.
Celia Cruz http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/azucar-celia-cruz
COBOL http://americanhistory.si.edu/cobol/introduction
Simeon De Witt http://americanhistory.si.edu/documentsgallery/exhibitions/dewitt_5.html
Freda Diamond http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/WIB-tour/mainMovie.html
Estelle Ellis http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/WIB-tour/mainMovie.html
Dorothy Shaver http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/WIB-tour/mainMovie.html

National Museum of Natural History

Human Origins, Anthropology

The following tables contain references to books, academic articles, news articles, Smithsonian webpages,and other resources that may be useful in editing and creating articles relating to the topics of the Human Origins Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon.

Variability Selection
Citation/Title Medium Link (if applicable) SI Publication?
The Adaptable Human Interview The Adaptable Human Interview with SI Curator
"Climate Effects on Human Evolution." Human Evolution by The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program. Accessed August 11, 2014. Webpage Climate Effects on Human Evolution Smithsonian Webpage
Potts, Richard. "Variability Selection in Hominid Evolution." Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 7, no. 3 (1998): 81-96. Academic Article Authored by SI Curator
Grove, Matt. "Speciation, Diversity, and Mode 1 Technologies: The Impact of Variability Selection." Journal of Human Evolution 61, no. 3 (2011): 306-19. Academic Article No
Grove, Matt. "Change and Variability in Plio-Pleistocene Climates: Modelling the Hominin Response." Journal of Archaeological Science 38 (2011): 3038-047. Academic Article No
"Climatic Fluctuations Drove Key Events in Human Evolution, Researchers Find." Science Daily. September 26, 2011. Science Daily News article A news article describing the above two academic articles. No
Potts, Richard, and Christopher Sloan. "Survival of the Adaptable." In What Does It Mean to Be Human? Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2010. Book Chapter Survival of the Adaptable SI Exhibit Companion Book, authored by SI Curator
Potts, R. "Evolution and Climate Variability." Science, 1996, 922-23. Academic Article Authored by SI Curator
Maslin and Trauth, "Plio-Pleistocene East African Pulsed Climate Variability and Its Influence on Early Human Evolution", The First Humans – Origin and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 2009, pp 151-158 Book Chapter No
Potts, Richard. "Environmental Hypotheses for Human Evolution." Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, 1998. Academic Article Environmental Hypotheses for Human Evolution Authored by SI Curator
Shultz, Susanne, Mark Maslin, and Michael D. Petraglia. "Early Human Speciation, Brain Expansion and Dispersal Influenced by African Climate Pulses." PLoS ONE 8, no. 10 (2013): E76750. Academic Article No
"Human Evolution Driven by Climate Change." UCL News, October 17, 2013. News Article Human Evolution Driven by Climate Change No
Ferro, Shaunacy. "Did Ancient Climate Change Drive Human Evolution?" Popular Science, October 16, 2013. Popular Science news article Did Ancient Climate Change Drive Human Evolution? No
Borg, JM, and Alastair Channon. "Testing the Variability Selection Hypothesis: The Adoption of Social Learning in Increasingly Variable Environments." Artificial Life 13, 2012, 317-24. January 1, 2012. Academic Article Testing the Variability Selection Hypothesis... No
Mark A. Maslin, Chris M. Brierley, Alice M. Milner, Susanne Shultz, Martin H. Trauth, Katy E. Wilson, East African climate pulses and early human evolution, Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 101, 1 October 2014, Pages 1-17. Academic Article No
Joyce, Christopher. "Did Climate Change Drive Human Evolution?" NPR, March 22, 2010. Accessed August 11, 2014. News Article Did Climate Change Drive Human Evolution? No
Human Origins Program
Citation/Title Medium Link (if applicable) SI Publication?
Human Evolution by the Smithsonian's Human Origins Program Website Human Evolution by the Smithsonian's Human Origins Program SI Website
The Human Origins Initiative at the National Museum of Natural History Website The Human Origins Initiative... SI Website
NMNH Knowledge for a Sustainable Future: Strategic Plan 2010 - 2015 Strategic Plan NMNH Knowledge for a Sustainable Future... SI Strategic Plan
Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2010. 82. Book SI Curator on Contributing Committee
Guest Voices: Rick Potts on the Life and Times of Our Early Ancestors Blog Post Guest Voices: Rick Potts on the Life and Times... Authored by SI Curator
Teaching Evolution through Human Examples Award Abstract TEtHE
Richard (Rick) Potts
Citation/Title Medium Link (if applicable) SI Publication?
Rick Potts. Director, Paleoanthropologist Staff Description Rick Potts Yes
Human Origins: One Man's Search for the Causes in Time. AnthroNotes, Museum of Natural History's Publication for Educators, Vol 22, No, 1. Spring/Summer 1999. Newsletter One Man's Search... Yes
The Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution: Committee Membership Information List of Members Committee Membership Information No
Richard Potts Staff Description Richard Potts SI Newsdesk Page
Richard Potts Google Scholar list of publications Dr. Potts Publications No
Hall of Human Origins

Suggested Edits: Include more information about contents of the hall, reviews of the hall, and the companion book, What Does It Mean To Be Human by Rick Potts and Christopher Sloan.

Citation/Title Medium Currently in Wikipedia Article? Link (if applicable) SI Publication?
"New Exhibition Hall Devoted to Human Origins Opens at National Museum of Natural History". National Museum of Natural History. March 2010. Press Release In "NMNH" article, "Hall of Human Origins" subheading New Exhibition Hall... SI Press Release
Rothstein, Edward. "Searching the Bones of Our Shared Past." New York Times, March 18, 2010, Art & Design sec. News Article No http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/arts/design/19museum.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Searching the Bones of Our Shared Past] No
Jacobson, Murrey. "Natural History Exhibit Asks: 'What Does It Mean to Be Human?'" PBS Newshour, April 23, 2010. News Article No Natural History Exhibit Asks... No
New human evolution hall at the National Museum of Natural History Blog Article No New human evolution hall... No
Reich+Petch Design International creates new exhibition hall devoted to human origins opening at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History News Article No Reich+Petch Design International... No
O'Sullivan, Michael. "Finding Your Way in the Hall of Human Origins." Washington Post, March 19, 2010, GoingOutGuide: Museums sec. Editorial Review No Finding Your Way... No
The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins. National Muesum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. An ongoing exhibition opened March 17, 2010. Museum Anthropology Review Academic Article, Exhibit Review No The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins... No
The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins Exhibit Review No The David H. Koch Hall... No
Klein, Julia M. "Our Species Rediscovers Its Cousins." Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2010, Arts & Entertainment sec. News Article/Exhibit Review No Our Species Rediscovers Its Cousins No
How Science Museums Are Promoting Civil Religion-Science Dialogue Blog Article No How Science Museums Are Promoting... No
Smithsonian on human origins Exhibit Review No Smithsonian on human origins No
A Human Family Reunion Magazine Article No A Human Family Reunion No
Olorgesailie

Suggested edits: Include new section about Olorgesailie Drilling Project, as well as update existing sections for accuracy and detail. History of excavation at the site, the various prehistoric environmental conditions, information about the fauna (including updating the bit where it says that the animals were likely butchered, which aside from one known butchery site, is not accurate), are all examples of sections that need more information.

Citation/Title Medium Currently in Wikipedia Article? Link (if applicable) SI Publication?
"Olorgesailie – Stone Age Site in Kenya". About.com Internet Webpage Yes “Olorgesailie – Stone Age Site in Kenya” No
"Olorgesailie". National Museums of Kenya. NMK Webpage Yes “Olorgesailie” NMK No
"So much to see at Olorgesailie". Daily Nation. 28 February 2009. News Article Yes “So much to see at Olorgesailie” No
Willoughby, Pamela R. The Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa: A Comprehensive Guide. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, 2007. Book Yes No
Nicholls, Christine Stephanie (2005). Red Strangers: The White Tribe of Kenya. Timewell Press. Book Yes No
Oliver, Roland Anthony. The African Experience: From Olduvai Gorge to the 21st Century. Revised/Expanded ed. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 2000. Book Yes No
Bye, Bethany A., Francis H. Brown, Thure E. Cerling, and Ian Mcdougall. "Increased Age Estimate for the Lower Palaeolithic Hominid Site at Olorgesailie, Kenya." Nature, 1987, 237-39. Academic Article Yes "Increased Age Estimate for the Lower Palaeolithic Hominid Site at Olorgesailie, Kenya." No
Conde, Camilo Jose, and Francisco Jose Ayala. Human Evolution Trails from the past. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Book Yes No
"First Human Fossil Found at Olorgesailie (Kenya) Field Site; Smithsonian Scientist Makes Dramatic Discovery". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History news release. 1 July 2004. Press Release Yes “First Human Fossil Found…” SI Press Release
Potts, R. 1994. Variables versus models of early Pleistocene hominid land use. Journal of Human Evolution, 27, 7–24. Academic Article Yes Authored by SI Curator
Isaac, Glynn Llywelyn, and Barbara Isaac. Olorgesailie: Archeological Studies of a Middle Pleistocene Lake Basin in Kenya. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. Book Yes No
Olorgesailie, Kenya Webpage on Human Origins Website No Olorgesailie, Kenya Webpage on SI Human Origins Website
Melson, William G., and Richard Potts. "Origin of Reddened and Melted Zones in Pleistocene Sediments of the Olorgesailie Basin, Southern Kenya Rift." Journal of Archaeological Science 29:307-16. Academic Article No Authored by SI Curator
Owen, R. Bernhart, Richard Potts, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, and Peter Ditchfield. "Diatomaceous Sediments and Environmental Change in the Pleistocene Olorgesailie Formation, Southern Kenya Rift Valley." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology: 17-37 Academic Article No Authored by SI Curator
Owen, R. Bernhart, Robin W. Renaut, Jennifer J. Scott, Richard Potts, and Anna K. Behrensmeyer. "Wetland Sedimentation and Associated Diatoms in the Pleistocene Olorgesailie Basin, Southern Kenya Rift Valley." Sedimentary Geology 222 (2009): 124-37. Academic Article No Authored by SI Curator
Potts, Richard. "Olorgesailie: New Excavations and Findings in Early and Middle Pleistocene Contexts, Southern Kenya Rift Valley." Journal of Human Evolution 18 (1989): 477-84. Academic Article No Authored by SI Curator
Potts, Richard. "Variability Selection in Hominid Evolution." Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 7, no. 3 (1998): 81-96. Academic Article No Authored by SI Curator
Potts, Richard, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, and Peter Ditchfield. "Paleolandscape Variation and Early Pleistocene Hominid Activities: Members 1 and 7, Olorgesailie Formation, Kenya." Journal of Human Evolution 37 (1999): 345-46. Academic Article No Authored by SI Curator
Potts, R., Behrensmeyer, A.K., et al., 2004. Small Mid-Pleistocene hominin associated with East African Acheulean technology. Science 305, 75-78. Academic Article No Authored by SI Curator
Sikes, N.E., Potts, R., Behrensmeyer, A.K., 1999. Early Pleistocene habitat in Member 1 Olorgesailie based on paleosol stable isotopes. Journal of Human Evolution 37, 721-746. Academic Article No Authored by SI Curator
Isaac, Glynn Llywelyn. The Acheulean Site Complex at Olorgesailie, Kenya: A Contribution to the Interpretation of Middle Pleistocene Culture in East Africa. 1968. Book No No
Isaac, Glynn L. A study of early culture in Kenya : the Olorgesailie prehistoric site Book No No
Noll, Michael Peter (2000). Components of acheulean lithic assemblage variability at Olorgesailie, Kenya Book No No
Anthropology, space, and geographic information systems / / [edited by] Mark Aldenderfer, Herbert D.G. Maschner. Book No No
Olorgesailie Field Blog Blog No Olorgesailie Field Blog Field Blog of SI Excavations
Teacher's guide to early prehistory of East Africa / / produced by the Education Section, National Museums of Kenya. Book No No
Calvin, William H. A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Book No No
Boyd, Robert, Morris Goodman, and Anne Simon Moffat. Probing Human Origins. Cambridge, MA: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002. Book No No
Conde, Camilo Jose, and Francisco Jose Ayala. Human Evolution Trails from the past. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Book No No
Phillipson, D. W. African Archaeology. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Book No No
Walter, Marius J., and Martin H. Trauth. "A MATLAB Based Orientation Analysis of Acheulean Handaxe Accumulations in Olorgesailie and Kariandusi, Kenya Rift." Journal of Human Evolution 64, no. 6 (2013): 569-81. Academic Article No
Homa Peninsula
Citation/Title Medium Currently in Wikipedia Article? Link (if applicable) SI Publication?
L. C. Bishop et al., Recent Research into Oldowan Hominin Activities at Kanjera South,Western Kenya. Afr Archaeol Rev (2006) 23:31–40 Academic Article In "Homa Bay" article No
Kanjera, Kenya Webpage on Human Origins website No Kanjera, Kenya SI Webpage
Kanam, Kenya Webpage on Human Origins Website No Kanam, Kenya SI Webpage
"Archaeological Site in Kenya Opening Window on Early Human Tool-Making." Popular Archaeology, June 13, 2012. Popular Archaeology news article No “Archaeological Site in Kenya…” No
Plummer, T.W., P.W. Ditchfield, L.C. Bishop, J.D. Kingston, J.V. Ferraro, D.R. Braun, F. Hertel, R. Potts. 2009. Oldest evidence of toolmaking hominins in a grassland-dominated ecosystem. PLoS ONE 4, (9) (10/21). Academic Article No Oldest evidence of toolmaking hominins… Authored by SI Curator
Hovers, Erella, and David R. Braun. Chapters 9 & 12. In Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Oldowan. Dordrecht: Springer, 2009. Book No No
Plummer, Thomas W., and Richard Potts. "Excavations and New Findings at Kanjera, Kenya." Journal of Human Evolution 189, no. 3 (1989): 269-76. Academic Article No Authored by SI Curator
Bishop, Laura C. "Behavioural Variability in Oldowan Hominins: The Case from Kanjera South, Kenya." Quaternary International, 2012, 52. Academic Article No No
Leaky, LSB. Fossil Human Remains from Kanam and Kanjera, Kenya Colony, Nature, 1936 Academic Article No No
Tobias, Phillip. The Kanam Jaw, Nature. 1960 Academic Article No No
Oakley, Kenneth P. A reconsideration of the date of the Kanam jaw, Journal of Archaeological Science. Vol 2, Issue 2, 1975 Academic Article No No
M.J. WEINER, J.L. RICCI, J. PHELAN, T. PLUMMER, S. GAULD, R. POTTS, Pathology of an archaic Homo mandible from Kanam, Kenya Summary of Conference Presentation Pathology of an archaeic Homo mandible from Kanam, Kenya Authored by SI Curator
The Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropological Project (HPPP) Website No The Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropological Project No
Ditchfield, Peter, et. Al. Current research on the Late Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits north of Homa Mountain, southwestern Kenya, Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 36 Issue 2, 1999 Academic Article No No
Plummer, T., Late Pliocene Oldowan excavations at Kanjera South, Kenya, Antiquity, 2001, vol. 75 issue 201 Academic Article No No
Braun, David R., et al., Oldowan behavior and raw material transport: perspectives from the Kanjera formation, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 35, issue 8, 2008. Academic Article No No
Nihewan Basin

Suggested Edit: Move content from Xiochangliang to Nihewan Basin, and expand to include significant paleontological and archaeological discoveries from entire Nihewan Basin.

Citation/Title Medium Currently in Wikipedia Article? Link (if applicable) SI Publication?
Stephen Chen (28 June 2010). "Finds in Hebei Basin May Rewrite History". South China Morning Post. News article In "Xiaochangliang" article “Finds in Hebei Basin May Rewrite History” No
Hong Ao, Mark J. Dekkers, Qi Wei, Xiaoke Qiang, Guoqiao Xiao (15 August 2013). "New evidence for early presence of hominids in North China". Scientific Reports 3 (2403). Academic Article In "Xiaochangliang" article No
"Earliest Humans in China". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Webpage In "Xiaochangliang" article Earliest Humans in China SI Webpage
Zhu R.X., Hoffman, K.A., Potts, R., Deng C.L., Pan Y.X., Guo B., Shi C.D., Guo G.T., Yuan B.Y., Hou Y.M., Huang W.W., 2001. Earliest presence of humans in northeast Asia. Nature 413, 413-417. Academic Article No Linked on “Earliest Humans in China” page Authored by SI Curator
Zhu, R., An, Z., Potts, R., Hoffman, K.A., 2003. Magnetostratigraphic dating of early humans in China. Earth-Science Reviews 61, 341-359 Academic Article No Linked on “Earliest Humans in China” page Authored by SI Curator
Zhu, R., Potts, R., Xie, F., Hoffman, K.A., Deng, C.L., Shi, C.D., Pan, Y.X., Wang, H.Q., Shi, R.P., Wang, Y.C., Xhi, G.H., Wu, N.Q., 2004. New evidence regarding the earliest human presence at high northern latitudes in northeast Asia. Nature 431, 559-562. Academic Article No Linked on “Earliest Humans in China” page Authored by SI Curator
Zhu, R.X., Potts, R., Pan, Y.X.,Yao, H.T., Lü, L.Q., Zhao, X. Gao, X., Chen, L.W., Gao, F., Deng, C.L., 2008. Early evidence of the genus Homo in East Asia. Journal of Human Evolution 55, 1075-1085. Academic Article No Linked on “Earliest Humans in China” page Authored by SI Curator
Clark, J. Desmond, and Timothy Troy. An Archaeologist at Work in African Prehistory and Early Human Studies: Teamwork and Insight. Berkeley: Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2002. Interview Transcript No No
Norton, Christopher J. Asian Paleoanthropology from Africa to China and beyond. Dordrecht: Springer, 2010. Book No No
Shen, Chen. Current Research in Chinese Pleistocene Archaeology. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2003. Book No No
Cai, Bao-quan, Shao-hua Zheng, Joseph C. Liddicoat, and Qiang Li. "Review of the Litho-, Bio-, and Chronostratigraphy in the Nihewan Basin, Hebei, China." In Fossil Mammals of Asia Neogene Biostratigraphy and Chronology. ed. by Wang, Xiaoming,. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. Book (Chapter) No No
Schick, Kathy, Nicholas Toth, Wei Qi, J. Desmond Clark, and Dennis Etler. "Archaeological Perspectives in the Nihewan Basin, China." Journal of Human Evolution 21, no. 1 (1991): 13-26. Academic Article No No
Keates, Susan G. "Evidence for the Earliest Pleistocene Hominid Activity in the Nihewan Basin of Northern China." Quaternary International, 2010, 408-17. Academic Article No No
Yuanmou Prehistoric Site

Suggested Edit: Merge with Yuanmou Man, and rename "Yuanmou Prehistoric Site", and expand to include more information about the site itself. The moniker "Yuanmou Man" is outdated.

Citation/Title Medium Currently in Wikipedia Article? Link (if applicable) SI Publication?
Pu, L., C. Fang, M. Hsing-Hua, P. Ching-Yu, H. Li-Sheng, and C. Shih-Chiang. "Preliminary Study on the Age of Yuanmou Man by Palaeomagnetic Technique." Scientia Sinica 20, no. 5 (1977): 645-64. Academic Article In "Yuanmou Man" article No
Ciochon, Russell L. "The Mystery Ape of Pleistocene Asia." Nature, 2009, 910-11. Academic Article In "Yuanmou Man" article No
Pope, G. G. "Evidence on the Age of the Asian Hominidae." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1983, 4988-992. Academic Article In "Yuanmou Man" article No
Qian F, Li Q, Wu P, Yuan S, Xing R, Chen H, and Zhang H (1991). Lower Pleistocene, Yuanmou Formation: Quaternary Geology and Paleoanthropology of Yuanmou, Yunnan, China. Beijing: Science Press, pp. 17-50 Book In "Yuanmou Man" article No
"The Archaeology of Ancient China", 1986, Chang Kwang-chih, p. 39-40 Book Referenced on Talk page of "Yuanmou Man" article No
Zhu, R.x., R. Potts, Y.x. Pan, L.q. Lü, H.t. Yao, C.l. Deng, and H.f. Qin. "Paleomagnetism of the Yuanmou Basin near the Southeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau and Its Constraints on Late Neogene Sedimentation and Tectonic Rotation." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2008, 97-104. Academic Article No Linked on “Earliest Human in China” page No
Earliest Humans in China Webpage No Earliest Humans in China SI Webpage
Yuanmou Webpage No Yuanmou No
Hyodo, Masayuki, Hideo Nakaya, Atsushi Urabe, Haruo Saegusa, Xue Shunrong, Yin Jiyun, and Ji Xuepin. "Paleomagnetic Dates of Hominid Remains from Yuanmou, China, and Other Asian Sites." Journal of Human Evolution 43, no. 1 (2002): 27-41. Academic Article No No
Formation of Chinese Civilization: The Origin of Man Webpage No Formation of Chinese Civilization: The Origin of Man No
Liang Bua

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Brown, P.; Sutikna, T., Morwood, M. J., Soejono, R. P., Jatmiko, Wayhu Saptomo, E. & Rokus Awe Due (October 27, 2004). "A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia.". Nature, 431 Academic Article Yes No
Meijer HJM & R A Due (2010). "A new species of giant marabou stork (Aves: Ciconiiformes) from the Pleistocene of Liang Bua, Flores (Indonesia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 707–724. Academic Article Yes No
Morwood, M. J.; Soejono, R. P., Roberts, R. G., Sutikna, T., Turney, C. S. M., Westaway, K. E., Rink, W. J., Zhao, J.- X., van den Bergh, G. D., Rokus Awe Due, Hobbs, D. R., Moore, M. W., Bird, M. I. & Fifield, L. K. (October 27, 2004). "Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia.". Nature 431: 1087–1091. Academic Article Yes No
Penny Van Oosterzee; Mike Morwood. A New Human: The Startling Discovery and Strange Story of the "Hobbits" of Flores, Indonesia'. London: Collins. Book Yes No
Hari, Kurniawan. "Sutikna Traces Man's Ancestry through Liang Bua Find." The Jakarta Post, April 17, 2008, Life sec. News Article Yes “Sutikna Traces Man’s Ancestry through Liang Bua Find.” No
'Hobbits' on Flores, Indonesia Smithsonian Webpage Yes ‘Hobbits’ on Flores, Indonesia SI Webpage
The Associated Press. "Indonesian `hobbit' Challenges Evolutionary Theory." The Jakarta Post, March 7, 2010. News Article Yes “Indonesian ‘hobbit’ Challenges Evolutionary Theory” No
The Island of Flores 3D Cave Yes The Island of Flores SI 3D Image
Liang Bua Cave, Indonesia Webpage No Liang Bua Cave, Indonesia No
Flores facts - the Liang Bua Cave skeletons Website No Flores facts No
Exploring the extraordinary Flores: Liang Bua Webpage No Exploring the extraordinary Flores No
Moore, MW. "Continuities in Stone flaking Technology at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia." Journal of Human Evolution 57 (2009). Academic Article No “Continuities in Stone flaking Technology at…” No
van de Bergh, G.D. "The Liang Bua Faunal Remains: A 95 K.yr. Sequence from Flores, East Indonesia." Journal of Human Evolution, 2008. Academic Article No “The Liang Bua Faunal Remains…” No
Morwood, M.J., O’Sullivan, P., Aziz, F., Raza, A., 1998. Fission track age of stone tools and fossils on the east Indonesian island of Flores. Nature 392, 173–176. Academic Article No Linked on “Hobbits’ on Flores” page No
Morwood, M.J., Sutikna, T., Saptomo, E.W., Jatmiko, Hobbs, D.R., Westaway, K.E., 2009. Preface: research at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia. Journal of Human Evolution 57, 437–449. Academic Article No Linked on “Hobbits’ on Flores” page No
van den Bergh, G.D., Mubroto, B., Sondaar, P.Y., de Vos, J., 1996. Did Homo erectus reach the island of Flores? Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Bulletin (Chiang Mai Papers) 14, 27–36. Academic Article No Linked on “Hobbits’ on Flores” page No
Aziz, F., van den Bergh, G.D., Morwood, M.J., Hobbs, D.R., Collins, J., Jatmiko, Kurniawan, I., 2009. Excavations at Tangi Talo, central Flores, Indonesia. In: Aziz, F., Morwood, M.J., van den Bergh, G.D. (Eds.), Palaeontology and Archaeology of the Soa Basin, Central Flores, Indonesia. Indonesian Geological Survey Institute, Bandung, pp. 41–58. Academic Article No Linked on “Hobbits’ on Flores” page No
Morwood, M.j., and W.l. Jungers. "Conclusions: Implications of the Liang Bua Excavations for Hominin Evolution and Biogeography." Journal of Human Evolution, 2009, 640-48. Academic Article No No
"Flores: A New Hominin Species, Or Just a Dwarfed Human?" Athena Review 4, no. 2, 5-6. http://www.athenapub.com/flores.htm. Article No “Flores: A New Hominin Species…” No
Locatelli, Elisa, Rokus Awe Due, Gert D. Van Den Bergh, and Lars W. Van Den Hoek Ostende. "Pleistocene Survivors and Holocene Extinctions: The Giant Rats from Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia)." Quaternary International 281 (2012): 47-57. Academic Article No No
Soa Basin

Suggested Edits: Create page for Soa Basin, an archaeological area in Flores, Indonesia where the oldest known stone tools on the island have been recovered from.

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 Brumm, A.; Aziz, F.; Van Den Bergh, G. D.; Morwood, M. J.; Moore, M. W.; Kurniawan, I.; Hobbs, D. R.; Fullagar, R. (2006). "Early stone technology on Flores and its implications for Homo floresiensis". Nature 441 (7093): 624–628 Academic Article In "Mike Morwood" article No
Brumm, Adam, Gitte M. Jensen, Gert D. Van Den Bergh, Michael J. Morwood, Iwan Kurniawan, Fachroel Aziz, and Michael Storey. "Hominins on Flores, Indonesia, by One Million Years Ago." Nature, 2010, 748-52. Academic Article No No
Aziz, F., van den Bergh, G.D., Morwood, M.J., Hobbs, D.R., Collins, J., Jatmiko, Kurniawan, I., 2009. Excavations at Tangi Talo, central Flores, Indonesia. In: Aziz, F., Morwood, M.J., van den Bergh, G.D. (Eds.), Palaeontology and Archaeology of the Soa Basin, Central Flores, Indonesia. Indonesian Geological Survey Institute, Bandung, pp. 41–58. Academic Article No Linked on “Hobbits’ on Flores” page No
Moore, Mark W., and Adam Brumm. "Stone Artifacts and Hominins in Island Southeast Asia: New Insights from Flores, Eastern Indonesia." Journal of Human Evolution 52, no. 1 (2007): 85-102. Academic Article No No
'Hobbits' on Flores, Indonesia Webpage In "Liang Bua" article 'Hobbits' on Flores... Yes
In Search of the First Asian Hominins: Excavations in the Soa Basin of Flores, Indonesia News Article No In Search of the First Asian Hominins... No
Aziz, Fachroel, M.J. Morwood, and G.D. Van Den Bergh. Pleistocene Geology, Palaeontology and Archaeology of the Soa Basin, Central Flores, Indonesia. Bandung, Indonesia: Pusat Survei Geologi, Badan Geologi, Departemen Energi Dan Sumber Daya Mineral, 2008. Book No No
Garvey, J. June 01, 2011. Review of PLEISTOCENE GEOLOGY, PALAEONTOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SOA BASIN, CENTRAL FLORES, INDONESIA. Australian archaeology no. 72. Book Review (of above book) No Review of... No
Komodo Dragon

Suggested Edit: Expand "Evolutionary History" section to include information about Varanus komodensis found at Liang Bua,

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Meijer, Hanneke J. M., Lars W. Van Den Hoek Ostende, Gert D. Van Den Bergh, and John De Vos. "The Fellowship of the Hobbit: The Fauna Surrounding Homo Floresiensis." Journal of Biogeography 37, no. 6 (2010): 995-1006. Academic Article No No
Hocknull SA, Piper PJ, van den Bergh GD, Due RA, Morwood MJ, et al. (2009) Dragon's Paradise Lost: Palaeobiogeography, Evolution and Extinction of the Largest-Ever Terrestrial Lizards (Varanidae). PLoS ONE 4(9): e7241. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007241 Academic Article No No
van de Bergh, G.D. "The Liang Bua Faunal Remains: A 95 K.yr. Sequence from Flores, East Indonesia." Journal of Human Evolution, 2008. Academic Article No No
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Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution, 2 Volume Set Encyclopedia
Nature Education Knowledge Project: Evolution Website
Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory: Second Edition, 2000 Encyclopedia
Handbook of paleoanthropology Book
Theropithecus

Suggested edits: Edit Theropithecus#Phylogeny_and_fossils to include information about Theropithecus at Olorgesailie.

Potts, Richard, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, and Peter Ditchfield. "Paleolandscape Variation and Early Pleistocene Hominid Activities: Members 1 and 7, Olorgesailie Formation, Kenya." Journal of Human Evolution 37, no. 5 (1999): 345-46.

Paleolandscape Excavation
Citation/Title Medium Link (if applicable) SI Publication?
Potts, Richard, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, and Peter Ditchfield. "Paleolandscape Variation and Early Pleistocene Hominid Activities: Members 1 and 7, Olorgesailie Formation, Kenya." Journal of Human Evolution 37, no. 5 (1999): 345-46. Academic Article Authored by SI Curator
Day 10 (July 5, 2011): Olorgesailie - the Big Picture Blog Post Day 10 Yes
Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems: "The Role of GIS in the Interdisciplinary Investigations at Olorgesailie, Kenya, a Pleistocene Archaeological Locality" Book Chapter Authored by SI Curator
John Gurche

Suggested edits: Include more information about bronze statues and facial reconstructions of early hominins, as well as information about his book, Shaping Humanity: How Science, Art, and Imagination Help Us Understand Our Origins.

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A scientist-artist recreates human ancestors by studying their bones Article and Radio Interview No A scientist-artist recreates... No
Sculpting Evolution SI News Article No Sculpting Evolution Yes
Reconstructions of Early Humans Webpage on Human Origins Website No Reconstructions of Early Humans Yes
Shaping Humanity: How Science, Art, and Imagination Help Us Understand Our Origins Book No Shaping Humanity... No
Review of: Shaping Humanity: How Science, Art, and Imagination Help Us Understand Our Origins Book Review No Review of: Shaping Humanity... No
Human Evolution

Suggested edits: Include more information about climate change during human evolution. In Use of Tools section, include more information about control of fire (where there is an image of fire but no information about its early use), and reformat several items erroneously in quotation marks (Oldowan Stone Tools was likely meant to link to another page, and "Homo" and "Paranthropus" should be italicized.

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Climate Effects on Human Evolution Article on SI Webpage No Climate Effects on Human Evolution Yes
Fire-Altered Stone Tools Artifact Page on SI Website No Fire-Altered Stone Tools Yes
Control of fire by early humans Wikipedia page No Control of fire by early humans No
Shanidar

Suggested edits: Include more information about Shanidar III, which is displayed in the Hall of Human Origins. Also include information about Shanidar V through X. Also, in the "See All" section, 'hominina' isn't widely or commonly used in the scientific community.

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The Skeletons of Shanidar Cave Article Yes The Skeletons of Shanidar Cave Yes
Shanidar 1 Fossil Description on Human Origins Website No Shanidar 1 Yes
3D Scan of Shanidar 3 3D Scan with Text No 3D Scan Yes
Thorne, Alan, C.p. Grove, Mario Chech, and Erik Trinkaus. "A New Reconstruction of the Shanidar 5 Cranium." Paléorient 25, no. 2 (1999): 143-46. Academic Article No No
Trinkaus, Erik. The Shanidar Neandertals. New York: Academic Press, 1983. Book No No
Trinkaus, Erik, and David D. Thompson. "Femoral Diaphyseal Histomorphometric Age Determinations for the Shanidar 3, 4, 5, and 6 Neandertals and Neandertal Longevity."American Journal of Physical Anthropology 72, no. 1 (2005): 123-29. Academic Article No No
Cowgill, L., E. Trinkaus, and M. Zeder. "Shanidar 10: A Middle Paleolithic Immature Distal Lower Limb from Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan." Journal of Human Evolution 53 (2007): 213-23. Academic Article No No
Henry, A. G., A. S. Brooks, and D. R. Piperno. "Microfossils in Calculus Demonstrate Consumption of Plants and Cooked Foods in Neanderthal Diets (Shanidar III, Iraq; Spy I and II, Belgium)." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011, 486-91. Academic Article No No
List of human evolution fossils

Suggested edits: "Incremental dating" is not a term used in paleoanthropology, and many of the techniques listed in the Incremental Dating page are not used in paleoanthropology. Replace this link with more specific types of dating used in the field: Paleomagnetic dating, etc.

Bose Basin
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Bose, China Webpage on Human Origins Website Bose, China Yes
Hou Y., Potts, R., Yuan, B., Guo, Z., Deino, A., Wang, W., Clark, J., Xie, G., Huang, W., 2000. Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean-like stone technology of the Bose Basin, South China. Science 287, 1622-1626. Academic Article Authored by SI Curator
Potts, R., 2001. Mid-Pleistocene environmental change and human evolution. In Human Roots: Africa and Asia in the Middle Pleistocene (L. Barham and K. Robson-Brown, eds.), Western Academic Press, Bristol, pp. 5-21. Book Chapter Authored by SI Curator
Wang, W., Potts, R., Yuan, B.Y., Huang, W.W., Hai, C., Edwards, R.L., Ditchfield, P., 2007. Sequence of mammalian fossils, including hominid teeth, from the Bose region caves, south China. Journal of Human Evolution 52, 370-379. Academic Article Authored by SI Curator
Wang, Wei, Stephen J. Lycett, Noreen Von Cramon-Taubadel, Jennie J. H. Jin, Christopher J. Bae, and Fred H. Smith. "Comparison of Handaxes from Bose Basin (China) and the Western Acheulean Indicates Convergence of Form, Not Cognitive Differences." PLoS ONE, 2012. Academic Article No
Wang, Wei, Jinyou Mo, and Zhitao Huang. "Recent Discovery of Handaxes Associated with Tektites in the Nanbanshan Locality of the Damei Site, Bose Basin, Guangxi, South China."Chinese Science Bulletin 53, no. 6 (2008): 878-83. Academic Article No
"Bose Basin" in Encyclopaedia of Human Evolution Encyclopedia Entry No
Rudolph F. Zallinger

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Effects of climate change on humans

Suggested edits: Include information about how climate change affecting humans in prehistory.

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Climate Effects on Human Evolution Article on SI Webpage No Climate Effects on Human Evolution Yes
Smithsonian Institution

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Castle Series Lectures about the Anthropocene Lectures Castle Lecture Series
The Age of Humans: Living in the Anthropocene SI Webpage The Age of Humans
Smithsonian Official Climate Change Statement Official Statement Official Climate Change Statement
Anthropocene

Suggested edits: Include the human evolution perspective on the Anthropocene, as well as the Smithsonian's Anthropocene initiatives.

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Smithsonian Anthropologist Rick Potts Answers Questions About the Anthropocene Article Rick Potts Answers Questions...
The Age of Humans: Living in the Anthropocene SI Webpage The Age of Humans
The Moral Dilemma We Face in the Age of Humans Article The Moral Dilemma We Face...
SI Castle Lecture Series about the Anthropocene Lectures Castle Lecture Series
Paleolake Drilling
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Cohen, A., Arrowsmith, R., Behrensmeyer, A. K., Campisano, C., Feibel, C., Fisseha, S., Johnson, R., Bedaso, Z. K., Lockwood, C., Mbua, E., Olago, D., Potts, R., Reed, K., Renaut, R., Tiercelin, J.-J., Umer, M. (2009): Understanding Paleoclimate and Human Evolution Through the Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project. - Scientific Drilling, (8), p. 60-65. Workshop Report Co-Authored by SI Curator
Project Overview for Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Driling Project Webpage on HSPDP Website Project Overview No
Olorgesailie Drilling Project Webpage on Human Origins Website ODP Yes
International Continental Scientific Drilling Program website Website ICSDP website No
Homo

Suggested edit: Update with new information about early members of genus Homo published in the following Science paper:

Antón, Susan C., Richard Potts, and Leslie C. Aiello. "Evolution of Early Homo: An Integrated Biological Perspective." Science 345, no. 6192 (2014) [DOI:10.1126/science.1236828].

Bernard Wood
Citation/Title Medium Link (if applicable) SI Publication?
Bernard Wood Bio on SI Human Origins Website Bernard Wood Yes
Bernard Wood Bio on GWU Website Bernard Wood No
Bernard Wood Faculty Member Page on GWU Website Bernard Wood No
Alison Brooks
Citation/Title Medium Link (if applicable) SI Publication?
Alison Brooks Bio on SI Human Origins Website Alison Brooks Yes
Alison Brooks Faculty Member Page on GWU Website Alision Brooks No
Alison Brooks Faculty Member on GWU Anthropology Website Alison S. Brooks No

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Art conservation training
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John Abbot Entomologist & ornithologist[16]
William Louis Abbott Renaissance man[17][18]
Robert McCormick Adams Archaeologist & ninth Smithsonian secretary[19] Longhunter67 Substantially Developed--Longhunter67 (talk) 19:30, 27 November 2022 (UTC) checkY
John Warren Aldrich Ornithologist[20][21][22][23]
Charles Paul Alexander Entomologist[24][25][26]
Elmer Ivan Applegate Botanist[27]
William Harris Ashmead Entomologist[28]
Wilbur Olin Atwater Curator of food, yes, food.[29]
Alexander Dallas Bache Physicist & surveyor[30][31][32]
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey [33][34]
Vernon Orlando Bailey Naturalist[35][36][37]
Herbert Spencer Barber Entomologist [38]
Alice Pike Barney Artist (see article)
Paul Bartsch Malacologist & carcinologist[39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]
Carl Barus Physicist[48][49]
Silvio Bedini Science historian[50]
Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage Insect collector [51]
Charles Bendire Surgeon & ornithologist [52]
Arthur Cleveland Bent Ornithologist[53]
Joseph Charles Bequaert Entomologist, malaclogist[54]
Andrew John Berger Ornithologist[55]
Samuel Stillman Berry Zoologist[56]
Richard Eliot Blackwelder Zoologist[57]
Richard S. Boardman Paleontologist [58]
Robert Angus Brooks Philologist [59]
Nellie A. Brown Botanist[60]
Oscar Ling Cartwright Entomologist [61]
Doris Mable Cochran herpetologist[62][63]
Johnnetta B. Cole Museum director
Harrison Gray Dyar, Jr. Entomologist[64]
William T. Evans Art collector[65][66][67][68]
Edna H. Fawcett Botanist[69]
Augustus Fendler Natural history collector [70]
Asa Fitch First person to study agriculture & entomology[71]
William F. Foshag Geologist [72]
Helen Morgenthau Fox Botanist[73]
Herbert Friedmann Ornithologist[74]
George Gibbs Geologist[75]
David Crockett Graham Natural History Collector & Anthropologist [76]
George Brown Goode Scientist & museum administrator[77]
Mackenzie Gordon, Jr. Invertebrate paleontologist [78]
Alice Haskins Botanist[79]
Florence Hedges Botanist[80]
Joseph Henry Scientist & first secretary of the Smithsonian[81]
I. Michael Heyman Lawyer & 10th Smithsonian secretary[82] Longhunter67 Substantially Developed--Longhunter67 (talk) 19:59, 27 November 2022 (UTC) checkY
Joseph Hirshhorn Art collector & founder of the Hirshhorn Museum[83][84]
Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. Carcinologst[85]
Charles Robert Knight Wildlife artist[86]
Samuel Pierpont Langley Astrophysicist & third Smithsonian secretary[87]
Lucia McCulloch Botanist[88]
Forrest Pogue Military historian[89]
Agnes J. Quirk Botanist[90]
John Reinhardt Museum director & ambassador to Nigeria[91][92][93]
S. Dillon Ripley Ornithologist & eight secretary of the Smithsonian[94] Longhunter67 In Progress--Longhunter67 (talk) 20:06, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Warren M. Robbins Museum director[95][96]
Lawrence M. Small Businessman & 11th secretary for the Smithsonian[97]
Robert Evans Snodgrass Entomologist[98][99]
Samuel Mills Tracy Botanist[100][101]
Alfred Vail Inventor[102][103]
John Paul Visscher Protozoologist[104]
Wesley Wait Inventor and dental surgeon[105]
Charles Doolittle Walcott Paleontologist & fourth Smithsonian secretary[106]
Mary Vaux Walcott Scientific illustrator
Benjamin Dann Walsh State Entomologist of Illinois[107]
Alexander Wetmore Ornithologist & sixth Smithsonian secretary[108]
Fred Lawrence Whipple Astronomer[109][110][111][112]
J. Laurens Barnard Carcinologist[113][114][115] Qinli Wu Review of Biological contributions needed checkY
Mary K. Berger Botanist[116] < mislabeled. This is Mary K. Bryan.
Amina Dickerson Program director[117][118]
Patricia L. Fiske Museum director & curator[119]
Sharon Patton African art historian and museum director[120][121]
Lydia Puccinelli Art historian & curator[122][123][124] Qinli Wu checkY
Lisa Taylor museum administrator, Cooper-Hewitt Museum[125][126]
Ruel P. Tolman Curator, art museum director, graphic artist[127] Qinli Wu Review of curator experience and contributions needed checkY
Joshua Irving Tracey Geologist, pioneered work supporting Darwin's theory on atolls.[128][129]
James C. Tyler Smithsonian museum admin, ichthyology[130]
John Varden Museum admin, patent office collector, Smithsonian staff[131]
Egbert Hamilton Walker Botanist, researcher at Smithsonian[132][133]
Ernest Pillsbury Walker Associate director of National Zoo, fur game warden of Alaska, wildlife management[134][135]
George W. Watson curator, ornithologist[136][137][138][139] < George Elder Watson
Charles K. Wead Patent officer[140]
Sylvia Williams Museum director & art historian[141][142][143][144]
Philip W. Wolle Citizen algae scientist[145]
Ellis L. Yochelson paleontologist, fossil mollusks[[146][147][148][149][150][151][152]

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Arts and Industries Building [154]
Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum [155]
Freer Gallery of Art [156]
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden [157]
Museum Conservation Institute [158]
National Air and Space Museum [159]
National Museum of African Art [160]
National Museum of the American Indian [161]
National Museum of Natural History [162]
National Portrait Gallery [163]
National Postal Museum [164]
National Zoological Park [165]
Renwick Gallery [166]
Smithsonian American Art Museum [167]
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory [168][169]
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute [170]
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center [171]
Smithsonian Institution Archives [172]
Smithsonian Institution Libraries [173]
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
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Edgar Alexander Mearns ornithologist [189][190][191][192][193][194]
United States and Mexican Boundary Survey (1848-1855) 1.Minor editing on body of text, added URL to full text of Report on the US and Mexican Boundary Survey document on BHL, will add to body of text at the later date. (full- text :http://ia600605.us.archive.org/9/items/mobot31753002023569/mobot31753002023569.pdf)
Edmund Heller zoologist[195][196][197][198][199][200][201][202][203]
Cleofé Caldéron botanist[204][205][206][207][208][209]
  1. Rediscovered Anomochloa in 1976 with assistant Sr. Talmon dos Santos in Bahia, Brazil. This tropical forest grass had died out, so this was a tremendous discovery and set the path for Judziewicz and Soderstrom (1989) to do a detailed morphological and anatomical study. This study confirmed Anomochloa was a grass and offered insight into its peculiar flowering structures.
  2. Deposited approximately 1000 collections, many of them bamboo, at the U.S. National Herbarium
  3. Discovered and named approx. 20 taxa [210][211][212]
John Alden Loring mammologist and field naturalist [213][214][215][216][217]
  1. Represented the Smithsonian Institution as member and designated specialist to preserve specimens for the 1909 African Expedition[218]
  2. Provided 1905 survey of Buffalo on Wichita Forest and Game Reserve or “Wichita Buffalo Range” for New York Zoological Society[219]
  3. Assistant Curator (care for animals) of National Zoological Park under Hornaday[220]
James Eike bird watcher[221][222]
  1. President (1950 – 1952, 1969-1971; VP ‘67-‘68) and long-standing executive committee member of Virginia Society of Ornithology (Chairman of various sections, too)[223]
  2. Virginia Society of Ornithology (VSO) James W. Eike Service Award created in his honor in 1984 [224][225]
  3. Papers held by Smithsonian Institution Archives – over 111 field books – part of Field Book Registry
Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition members of the party[226][227][228][229][230][231][232][233][234][235][236][237][238][239][240][241][242]
  1. Expedition organized as first big post-presidency event for Theodore Roosevelt
  2. Theodore Roosevelt and son Kermit and Smithsonian-sponsored scientists
  3. Amassed a collection of 23,151 natural history specimens, totaling 160 species of carnivores, ungulates, rodents, insectivores, and bats
  4. All Field Books held by SIA & NMNH