Curtis W. Marean is Foundation Professor at the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University and honorary professor at the Center for Coastal Palaeoscience at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa. He studies the origins of modern humans, the prehistory of Africa, paleoclimates and paleoenvironments, and animal bones from archaeological sites. Marean is particularly interested in human occupation of coastal ecosystems. He is the principal investigator for the South African Coast Paleoclimate, Paleoenvironment, Paleoecology, Paleoanthropology (SACP4) project, funded by the National Science Foundation.
When the Sea Saved Humanity
Shortly after Homo sapiens arose, harsh climate conditions nearly extinguished our species. The small population that gave rise to all humans alive today may have survived by exploiting a unique combination of resources along the southern coast of Africa
How Homo sapiens Became the Ultimate Invasive Species
Many human species have inhabited Earth. But ours is the only one that colonized the entire planet. A new hypothesis explains why
When the Sea Saved Humanity
Shortly after Homo sapiens arose, harsh climate conditions nearly extinguished our species. The small population that gave rise to all humans alive today may have survived by exploiting a unique combination of resources along the southern coast of Africa
When the Sea Saved Humanity
Shortly after Homo sapiens arose harsh climate conditions nearly extinguished our species. Recent finds suggest that the small population that gave rise to all humans alive today survived by exploiting a unique combination of resources along the southern coast of Africa