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Paul
S. Martin
Professor Emeritus, Quarternary
Biogeography |
For more than forty years Paul S. Martin has investigated Pleistocene
biotic changes in arid regions. He has studied the biogeography of
eastern Mexico, the Pleistocene fossil pollen record of Arizona, and
the potential for fossil packrat middens to reveal climatic changes.
His interest in the extinction chronology of late Pleistocene large
animals has taken him to fossil sites in the four corners of the world.
His experiences led to the development of extinction models based on
human activity as the main cause of extinctions in near time, the last
50,000 years. An Emeritus Professor of Geosciences, he taught and conducted
research at the University of Arizona's Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc
Hill in Tucson since 1957. See Paul Martin's CV for
more information.
Dr. Martin recently moved from his office at the Desert
Laboratory, which he occupied for more than 50 years. He remains active
and can be reached by e-mail.
Email: pmartin@email.arizona.edu
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