Early Human Innovation: Rick Potts

March 15, 2018

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Rick Potts has been leading the Human Origin Program’s research in Olorgesailie for more than 30 years in collaboration with the National Museums of Kenya. He is the lead author on one of the three Science publications that describe the adaptive challenges that early humans faced during this phase of evolution.

Photo courtesy Human Origins Program, Smithsonian

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