Earthquakes and Ancient Humans on the Island of Crete

Published: Feb. 27, 2012, 9:14 p.m.

Karl Wegmann, a geologist at North Carolina State University, may change how people view earthquake risks in the eastern Mediterranean. He has also helped date the age of stone tools on Crete, artifacts that suggest that we Homo sapiens were not the first of our lineage to build or use boats.