The archaeological record attests to a record of human interaction with mammoths and their proboscidean relatives that spans more than a million years and five continents. Dr. Surovell will discuss that record with specific emphasis on the overkill hypothesis, the idea that human hunting was a major driver of mammoth, mastodon, and elephant extinction worldwide.
Todd A. Surovell, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wyoming is an archaeologist with specialization in Paleoindian period, the earliest period of American archaeology who has worked on a range of issues in prehistory including hunter-gather mobility, technology, subsistence, and demography, particularly with reference to the initial colonization of the Americas including work on the problem of the late Pleistocene extinctions, in particular the climate change, overkill, and extraterrestrial impact hypotheses.
This presentation is part of The Mammoth Speaker Series, one of many programs designed to help educate, excite and engage with the Mammoth Exhibition coming to the Natural History Society of Maryland this fall. The ticket price gives you access to all of 5 of talks – not just this one.
- 7PM THURSDAY – OCTOBER 5 – Climate Fluctuations of the Pleistocene, Dr. Hali Kilbourne, Associate Research Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
- 10AM SATURDAY – OCTOBER 14 – The Natural History of the Mammoth NOTE: Breakfast with a Mammoth with Dr. Adrian Lister, Merit Researcher, Natural History Museum, London
- 7PM TUESDAY – NOVEMBER 14 – The Extinction of Mammoths with Dr. Chris Widga, Director, EMS Museum & Art Gallery, Penn State University
- 7AM TUESDAY – NOVEMBER 28 – Mammoths and Mastodons of Maryland with Ralph Eshelman, Associate Researcher Calvert Marine Museum
- 7PM TUESDAY – DECEMBER 12 – Mammoths and Humans with Dr. Todd Surovell, Director of the George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
NOTE: Speaker Series tickets are one of the Thank You Gifts for donating to the Mammoth GoFnndMe Campaign – CLICK HERE:
Location
Online via Zoom
