Thomas P. Gnoske
In addition to working with Packer and West, Gnoske and his Field Museum colleague Dr. Julian Kerbis Peterhans will also be coordinating efforts with Kenyan colleagues Ogeto Mwebi, who heads the osteology department of the National Museums of Kenya, and Samuel Andanje, a graduate student now employed by the Kenya Wildlife Service. The team's current Tsavo research project is known as Predation, Taphonomy and Human Carnivore Conflict in Kenya (taphonomy is the scientific study of bone accumulations). One of the team's goals during this trip will be to verify the authenticity of a recently-reported second active lions' den (the first scientifically documented modern lions den was found in the Kyambura Gorge Uganda in 1998 by Gnoske, Kerbis Peterhans and Bwere.) The team will also be testing a new scientific protocol (set of standards) to establish differences between Tsavo's large maneless male lions and the more familiar Serengeti/Masai Mara ŒPride Lion' males. This research program will also be featured in two upcoming works by Chicago native, Philip Caputo. (The two-time Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist says he has fond memories of his early visits to the Museum). |
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