Humans have long been interested in where we come from and Rusinga Island, Kenya has many answers. Fossils from this Early Miocene fossil site have taught us about our evolutionary history for decades, but one thing has been missing: the context. Plants are more than just the green background in pictures of fossil animals; these “tree time machines” allow us to understand the world our earliest ancestors lived in and what drove their evolution.
Dr. Baumgartner grew up in a small town in Michigan and always knew she would be a paleontologist. After receiving her B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Michigan, her plan of studying mammoths and mastodons was sidetracked when she undertook a paleobotany project for her master’s thesis in Biology at East Tennessee State University. After that she was hooked on fossil plants, earning her Ph.D. in Geology from Baylor University. Though her day job as the Paleontology Collections Manager at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History mostly involves taking care of fossil animals, plants are closest to her heart.
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