http://anthropology.utoronto.ca/Faculty/Begun/main.htm

Tentative dates: July 1st to July 29th, 2015

Registration and deposit ($1000): April 2nd

Final payment ($2000): May 1st

Rudapithecus

• 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

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

Recovering fossils

The most complete skull of a European fossil ape

The little skull in my hands

Students hard at work

Me excavating a primate

Students taking elevations

A deer pelvis

A pig’s jaw

An elephant jaw

Most of a horse hindlimb

A primate jaw

The guest house

Our daily meeting

Students hard at play

Student Karaoke

A folk festival

Rudabánya 10 million years ago

Rudabánya• 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

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

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!