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December 23, 2008

The current version of this website was launched in February 2009 as the culmination of a project conducted by the Institute of Human Origins, represented by Jay Greene, and Rhino Internet Solutions.
Funded by IHO board members
- Thomas Jones
- Laura and Herbert G. Roskind, Jr.
- Janet Sands
- Carol and Peter Saucier
- Bruce W. Schnitzer, Chairman
- Joan and Arnold Travis
- also
  Jay Greene, Webmaster
The original version of this website was launched in the year 2000, the product of the labors of the following:
In Association with
Funding Provided by
Directed by

BART MARABLE

Written by

LENORA CAREY JOHANSON BART MARABLE

Produced by

LENORA CAREY JOHANSON

Edited by

JAYSON SINGE

Narrated by

DONALD JOHANSON

Flash Lead

MARK BALTZEGAR

Database Development

RAYMOND SIMMONS

Programming

MARK BALTZEGAR RAYMOND SIMMONS

Business Affairs

ANGIE N. MARABLE

Associate Producer

ALEECE B. LANGFORD
Production Assistants
- DEIDRA KORNFELD
- ANN SILVERS
- APRIL SLATER
- KIM STOUT
Copy Writer

CATHY WILLERMET
Copy Editor

VICTORIA NELSON
Science Advisors
- BLAKE EDGAR
- NINA JABLONSKI
- IAN TATTERSALL
- CATHY WILLERMET
Original Music

ERNESTO NAPOLI
Traditional Music

MUSIC OF THE AFAR PEOPLE
Recorded in Hadar, Ethiopia by Lenora Carey Johanson
Interviews
- PEGGY GROVE
- NINA JABLONSKI
- MICHEL LORBLANCHET
- KAYE REED
- IAN TATTERSALL
- ALAN WALKER
- CATHY WILLERMET
With Additional Interviews by
- Jeffrey Bullock
- Ron Clarke
- Gerald Eck
- Paul Erhlich
- Jane Goodall
- John Gurche
- Karen Holden
- William Kimbel
- Joseph Miller
- Steven Pinker
- Yoel Rak
- Fred Smith
- Anne Stone
- Carl Vondra
- Carol Ward
- Milford Wolpoff
- Bernard Wood
Photography
- DONALD JOHANSON
- DAVID BRILL
- ENRICO FERORELLI
- JAYSON SINGE
With Additional Photography by
- Lauren Seeley Aquirre
- Norbert Aujoulat
- Paul Bahn
- Sarah Becking
- Carol Beckwith
- Rene Bobe
- Vito Cannella
- George Chaloupka
- Jean Clottes
- Ron Cohn
- David Coulson
- Donna Coveney
- Tim Davis
- Patricia Fall
- Angela Fisher
- Peggy Grove
- John Gurche
- Lenora Carey Johanson
- Peter Jones
- Thomas Kohout
- Chris Larsen
- Hugo van Lawick
- Dong Lin
- Paul John Myburgh
- Hiroki Oota
- Ph. Plailly
- John Reader
- Olga Soffer
- Ralph Solecki
- Craig Stanford
- Andreas Symietz
- Ian Tattersall
- Bob Trelease
- Michael Tweedie
- Alan Walker
- Scott Walstrom
- Tim D. White
- Willard Whitson
- Mikhak Zhilin
And
- Centre National de Préhistoire, France
- American Museum of Natural History
- Field Museum of Natural History
- The Institute of Human Origins
- National Museum of Ethiopia
- National Museum of Kenya
Illustration
- JOHN GURCHE
- MICHAEL HAGELBERG
- VITO CANNELLA
With Additional Illustration by
- Mark Baltzegar
- Bart Marable
- Diana Salles
- G.J. Sawyer
- Hermann Schaaffhousen
- Jayson Singe
Stock Photography
- ARCHIVE PHOTOS
- DIGITAL VISION
- PHOTO DISC
- PHOTO RESEARCHERS
- PICTURE QUEST
Sound Design
- MARK BALTZEGAR
- JAYSON SINGE
Sound Effects

THE HOLLYWOOD EDGE
Sound Recording

KAET Tempe, Arizona
Recording Engineer

BEN TAYLOR
Sound Transfer

FORD SOUNDESIGN Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Hosting and Networking
- CAJUN NETWORKS
- Jesse M. Fitzgerald
- Dan Pridty
- Matthew Magnuson
- Robert Yelvington
Contributors
- Zeresenay Alemseged
- Paul Bahn
- Jeffrey Bullock
- George Chaloupka
- Ron Clarke
- Jean Clottes
- Ron Cohn
- Gerald Eck
- Paul Erhlich
- Jane Goodall
- Peggy Grove
- Karen Holden
- William Kimbel
- Meave Leakey
- Charles Lockwood
- Michel Lorblanchet
- Joseph Miller
- Peter Nevaumont
- Francine "Penny" Patterson
- Steven Pinker
- Yoel Rak
- John Reader
- Kaye Reed
- Fred Smith
- Anne Stone
- Carl Vondra
- Alan Walker
- Carol Ward
- Milford Wolpoff
- Bernard Wood
- Richard Wrangham
Extra Special Thanks
- Bruce Schnitzer, Chairman Board of Directors INSTITUTE OF HUMAN ORIGINS
- Michael Williams Flash Deployment Manager MACROMEDIA, INC.
- Troy Evans Flash Player Product Manager MACROMEDIA, INC.
- Branden Hall FIG LEAF SOFTWARE
- Jon Williams IO RESEARCH
- Colin Moock ICE INCORPORATED
- Damien Morton DENNIS INTERACTIVE
- Peter Nevraumont NEVRAUMONT PUBLISHING
Special Thanks
- Afar Regional Government, Ethiopia
- Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Ethiopia
- Ministry of Culture and Information, Ethiopia
- National Museum of Ethiopia National Museum of Kenya
- Centre National de Préhistoire, France
- The Gorilla Foundation
- Gary Stanley
- Ken Mowbry
Curriculum Development
- NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION
- Eugenie C. Scott
- Eric Meikle
- Larry Flammer
- John Banister-Marx
National Publicity

DERA & ASSOCIATES New York
Executive Producer

SUSAN SHEA
Funding provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of the role of technology. The Foundation also seeks to portray the lives of the men and women engaged in scientific and technological pursuit.
In September 2009 Rhino Internet Solutions created, from a concept developed by Jay Greene and IHO, a timeline entitled The Human Lineage Through Time.
Essays for the Timeline were prepared by
- Lillian Spencer
- Terry Ritzman
- Lynn Lucas
- Thierra Nalley
- Amy Shapiro
Terry Ritzman was Editor for the project.

The Human Lineage Through Time was funded by Thomas Jones

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