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Craig S. Feibel is a Professor of Geology and Anthropology at Rutgers University, affiliated with the Paleoenvironmental Research Laboratory (PRL). He specializes in stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleoenvironments, particularly focusing on the geological context of hominid evolution in the Turkana Basin of Kenya. His work integrates field studies, drilling projects, and interdisciplinary collaborations to understand environmental changes linked to human origins.
Education: B.A. in Geology from Dartmouth College, M.S. from Iowa State University, and Ph.D. from the University of Utah. His research spans 40+ years in the Turkana Basin, leading initiatives like the Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP), which recovered 216 meters of lacustrine sediments to study early human evolution. Additional projects include studies in the Levantine Corridor (Israel), Miocene lake deposits in Hungary and Croatia, and the Hadar hominid site in Ethiopia.
Research interests emphasize paleoenvironmental reconstruction, geoarchaeology, and the interplay between geological processes and biological evolution. Recent work highlights orbital-scale climate impacts on African ecosystems and the environmental backdrop to hominin technological advancements. His publications span high-impact journals like Nature and Science, addressing topics from early stone tools to Miocene ape evolution.
No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned, but his contributions to paleoenvironmental science are widely recognized. Teaching includes courses like Exploring the Human Past and Geological Context in Paleoanthropology. The PRL lab serves as a hub for interdisciplinary research on human origins and environmental change.
