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http:// anthropology.utoronto.ca/Faculty/Begun/main.htm. Tentative dates : June 13 th to July 11 th , 2013 Registration and deposit ($1000 ): April 2 nd Final payment ($2000 ): May 3 rd. A 10 million year old ape Close to the missing link between great apes and humans Hungary Rudabánya

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  1. http://anthropology.utoronto.ca/Faculty/Begun/main.htm Tentative dates: June 13th to July 11th, 2013 Registration and deposit ($1000): April 2nd Final payment ($2000): May 3rd

  2. 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 Rudapithecus

  3. 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

  4. Recovering fossils The mostcompleteskull of a Europeanfossil ape

  5. The little skull in my hands

  6. Students hard at work

  7. Me excavating a primate

  8. Students taking elevations

  9. A deer pelvis

  10. A pig’s jaw

  11. An elephant jaw

  12. Most of a horse hindlimb

  13. A primate jaw

  14. The guest house

  15. Our daily meeting

  16. Students hard at play

  17. Student Karaoke

  18. A folk festival

  19. Rudabánya 10 million years ago

  20. 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 Rudabánya For more information about the field school, go to: http://anthropology.utoronto.ca/Faculty/Begun/main.htm

  21. 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!

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