"Stuck Within the Caves?" Tackling the Lack of Upper Paleolithic Open Air Sites in Two European Micro Regions

Image: Lindsey Cochran taking water samples on Sapelo Island, Georgia.

In the world of climate change studies, there are extensive global and regional models but fewer site-specific models. Lindsey Cochran, a postdoctoral research associate with the University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology, is working with digital data from the Georgia coast to recreate models that simulate site-specific changes from now until 2100.

Title: Nutritional composition of the diet of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla): Interspecific variation in diet quality

Research Highlights

• Fruit (40%) and herb (35%) accounted for 75% of mean monthly food intake in western gorillas (G. gorilla), with leaf (20%) and termite (5%) composing only a quarter of the annual diet.

Congratulations to Andrew Bonanno, who was awarded the Fulbright award.

Andrew Bonanno of Tivoli, New York, is a Ph.D. student in anthropology. He will spend his Fulbright year in Sierra Leone studying land tenure change and economic well-being.

Congratulations to Cydney Seigerman, who was awarded the Fulbright award.

Cydney Seigerman of Detroit, Michigan, will conduct research in Ceará, Brazil. A Ph.D. student in anthropology and integrative conservation, she plans to study water insecurity at the individual and household levels, as well as the social and political relations that shape and are shaped by these experiences.

University of Georgia student Sarah Riggs will be joining the National Geographic Society’s Human Journey Grants team as its first intern.

The Human Journey team focuses its research on cultures and cultural sustainability to learn more about who we are and what our future will be. The team focuses on a diverse range of topics, from extinct ancient grains and the sustainability of palm oil to climate change. Grants support projects studying human society and the trends in culture.