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CONTRIBUTORS 



Last year, photographer PAUL SUTHERLAND was suspended from 

 the stern of a fishing boat making eight knots as it laid out a long- 

 line; he was attempting to capture midair shots of albatrosses and 

 petrels scavenging the boat's discarded fish. For Sutherland, that's 

 all in a day's work, as he documents life in and around the water. 

 His mesmerizing underwater close-up of a giant clam ("The Nat- 

 ural Moment," page 4) could be a piece of abstract art — so exot- 

 ic is the clam's skin and siphon hole to most of us. Sutherland's work has been 

 published in National Geographic, Nature Australia, Scientific American, and U.S. News 

 & World Report. More of his photographs appear online (www.sutherlandstock.com). 



AMY LITT ("Origins of Floral Diversity," page 34) did not fol- 

 low a straight path to her current position as director of the plant 

 genomics program at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG). 

 After earning her master's degree in biology, she taught middle- 

 school and high school science for a number of years. An eco- 

 tourism excursion in the Amazon rainforest introduced her to 

 the extraordinary diversity of flower forms and lured her back 

 to academia. Litt earned her doctorate from the City University of New York, 

 concentrating in floral structure. At NYBG Litt applies genomic and molecu- 

 lar techniques to study the evolution of forms in flowers and fruits. 



Since 1993, archaeologist IAN HODDER ("This Old House," page 

 42) has been leading the excavation of Catalhoyuk, a 9,000-year- 

 old Neolithic site in central Turkey. The project aims to place the 

 abundant art from the site in its full economic, environmental, 

 and social context; to conserve the paintings, plasters, and mud 

 walls; and to present the site to the public. Further information 

 and images about the site are available on the Web (www.catal- 

 hoyuk.com). Hodder is currently the Dunlevie Family Professor in the department 

 of cultural and social anthropology at Stanford University. His article in this issue 

 has been adapted from his forthcoming book, Tlie Leopard's Talc: Revealing the Mys- 

 teries of Catalhoyuk, which is being published this month by Thames & Hudson. 



While still a graduate student at the University of Buenos Aires, 

 GRACIELA FLORES ("Good Fences, Good Neighbors?" page 

 48) realized she wanted to broaden her view of the life sciences. 

 After earning a doctorate in biology, Flores left research to pur- 

 sue a career in teaching and writing. She has designed biology 

 courses for high school teachers and co-authored two college- 

 level biology textbooks. Now an editor-at-large at Natural His- 

 tory, Flores also freelances for the Reuters news agency and publications such as 

 The Scientist, writing about health, research, and technology. 



PICTURE CREDITS Cover: CJcan-Bernard Canllet/Lonely Planet Images; pp. 4-5: ©Paul Sutherland: p. 6: ©NHPA/A.N.T. Photo Library; p. 

 12: Dolly Setton; p. 14(top): ©Royalty-Free/Corbis; p. 14(bottom): ©M. Vanhaeren it f. d'Errico; p. 15(top): © Bryan Grieg Fry; p. 1 5(bottom): 

 ©MarkusBotzek/zefa/Corbis; p. 16(top): ©Michael is: Patricia Fogden/ Minden Pictures; p. 16(bottom): Catherine Chalmers/ Aperture Founda- 

 tion, pp 18-]9(bottom): t St.irF.in Widstrand/naturepl.coiii. p. IX ("Natural History Museum. London, p. 19: ©Brian Sruekenberg. Natal Mu- 

 seum, p. 20(right): Courtesy of the author; p. 20(left): ©Univcrsiry of KwaZulu-Natal; pp. 22-23: IUusrration by Christos Magganas; p. 

 28ev29(bottom): ©Sylvain Dcvillc; p. 29(top): Illustrations by Torn Moore; pp. .14-35: (left most flower) C Royalty-Frcc/Corbis, (middle section) 

 ©Morgan Howarth/IPN, (right most flower) Adrian T. Sumner/Science Photo Library; p. 3(i(left): Clnga Spcncc Visuals Unlimited; p. 36- 

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 Coleman. Inc . p. 38: © Matt Johnston/Science Photo Library, p. 39: Illustranons by Ian Worpole; p. 40(nght): ©Laura Sivell; Papilio/Corbis; p. 

 4tl(left): ©Kenneth M. Highfill/Photo Researchers. Inc.; pp. 42-46: ©Catalhoyuk Research Project: p. 44. Maps by Joe LeMonnicr; p. 48: 

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