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In 1974, Johanson added a crucial link to the human evolutionary chain with his discovery of a 3.2-million-year-old hominid fossil in Ethiopia. "Lucy," as the skeleton was called, represented a previously unknown human ancestor, occupying a pivotal place on the human family tree between more primitive and more advanced hominids. Click here to learn more about Donald Johanson.

Welcome to the National Geographic Speakers Bureau. We represent over three-dozen dynamic and proven speakers, considered among the best in their fields of social and physical science, photography, filmmaking, journalism, exploration and adventure.

National Geographic speakers deliver thought-provoking, relevant and inspiring presentations to Fortune 500 companies at management conferences and industry trade shows, and to the general public in partnership with universities, performing arts presenters, and fellow institutions in the form of our co-branded National Geographic Live series.

Using award-winning photographs and video clips, our modern storytellers share adventures from the field and report on timely and critical topics such as global warming, 21st century slavery, sustainable growth, genetic research, bird flu, women's issues, and the biodiversity crisis.

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SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT

	Dennis Dimick National Geographic Executive Editor In a sweeping visual journey, Dimick brings to the stage the highlights of National Geographic's feature stories and the most recent scientific reports documenting climate change to explore what we as communities and individuals can do to halt the destruction and reverse the trends.
	Mark Moffett Ecologist/Photographer One of only a handful of people to earn a Ph.D. under E. O. Wilson, Moffett is a modern-day explorer with more than a little luck on his side. He has accidentally sat on the world's deadliest snake, battled drug lords with dart guns, and eaten scorpions and spiders. For him such risks are worth it, as part of his mission to find stories that make people fall in love with the unexpected: insects, frogs, and other of nature's small wonders.
	Annie Griffiths Belt Photographer Belt's new National Geographic book, A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel, which is featured in the March issue of O Magazine, mirrors her presentation in which she shares fascinating assignments that have taken her (and her children) to every continent except Antarctica.

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Photographs by Mark Thiessen (Ling), Kenneth Garrett (Hawass), Becky Hale (Wells), Enrico Ferorelli (Johanson), Peter Essick (Dimick), Mark Moffett (Moffett), Annie Griffiths Belt, (Belt), David Doubilet (Doubilet)