Zeray Alemseged

Director and Curator
Anthropology
PhD

My research program focuses on the discovery and interpretation of hominid fossil remains and their environments with emphasis on fieldwork designed to acquire new data on early hominid skeletal biology, environmental context, and behavior. Specifically, I am currently working in the following areas:

Description of new hominin and non-human primates
Growth and development in early hominins
Application of new techniques, such as CT analysis to investigate internal and external structures of hominin fossils
Analysis of environmental and ecological factors affecting primate and human evolutionary processes

In order to support this with new data, I initiated the Dikika Research Project (DRP) in 1999, which is undertaking multidisciplinary field research on sediments that span in age from over 3.8 Ma to less 500,000, and is addressing some of the major questions in paleoanthropology. The Pliocene site of Dikika promises to increase our knowledge of the diversity of hominins prior to the time period represented by the oldest sediments at Hadar and other east African sites, and subsequent to the radiation of hominin species after the split from the great apes. The sediments from Asbole, on the other hand, represent a time period poorly known in the region: the Middle Pleistocene. Thus the area has potential to increase our understanding of the patterns of transition from H. erectus (H. heidelbergensis) to H. sapiens.

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Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged

Current Position
Director and Curator
Irvine Chair of Anthropology
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
http://www.calacademy.org

Positions Held

2004 - 2008 Senior Researcher, Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

2000 - 2003 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

1998 - 2000 Research Associate, French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

1991 - 1993 Junior Geologist, Paleoanthropology Laboratory, National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Educational Background

1998 Ph.D., Laboratory of Paleontology, University of Paris VI and the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France “A. aethiopicus - A. boisei transition and paleoenvironmental changes in the Omo Ethiopia”

1994 M.Sc., Paleontology, Institute of Evolutionary Sciences, University of Montpellier II, France

1993 French Language Diploma, Cavilam de Vichy International Language School, Vichy, France

1990 B.Sc., Geology, Department of Geology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Languages and Computer

English, French, Amharic, Tigrigna, Basic Oromifa, and Basic German

Good knowledge of commonly used software

Scholarships and Other Professional Activities and Recognitions

1993-1998 Full scholarship, Centre National des Oeuvres Universitaires, Paris, France

2004 Identified as emerging explorer by National Geographic Society

2007 Founder (with Dr. Emma Mbua) of the East African Association for Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (EAAPP)

2004 – 2008 Associate editor of Journal of Human Evolution

Occasional referee for National Science Foundation, the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, Annales d’Ethiopie, Nature

Major Fieldwork Experience

1999 – present Director, Dikika Research Project (DRP), Afar, Ethiopia.

1999 Member, the site of Fejej in south-western Ethiopia, a multidisciplinary project led by H. de Lumley

1999 Member, the sites of Melka Kunture and Tiya, Ethiopia, a multidisciplinary project led by Yonas Beyene

1994 and 1999 Member, the site of Hadar in the Afar, Ethiopia, a multidisciplinary project led by D.C. Johanson and W.H. Kimbel

1996-1997 Co-Director, Chorora Paleontological Mission, Ethiopia

Selected Research Grants

2009 Paleontological Field Research at Dikika, Ethiopia, National Science Foundation

2009 East African Association For Paleoanthropology and Paleontology Second Conference, Wenner-Gren Foundation

2008 East African Association For Paleoanthropology and Paleontology Second Conference, Paleontological Scientific Trust (PAST)

2004 – 2008 Paleoanthroplogical Field and Laboratory Research in Africa, Max Planck Society

2003 Laboratory analysis of hominin remains from Dikika, Ethiopia, National Geographic Society

2002 Fieldwork at the Dikika site of Ethiopia, National Geographic Society

2001 Exploring Plio-Pleistocene sites in the Afar, Ethiopia, The L.S.B. Leakey Foundation

2001 Laboratory preparation and analysis of hominin remains from the Dikika site of Ethiopia, National Geographic Society

2000 Fieldwork at the Dikika and Asbole sites of Ethiopia, Institute of Human Origins

2000 – 2001 Fieldwork at the Dikika and Asbole sites of Ethiopia, CFEE

1999 Updating the status of paleoanthroplogical archives in Ethiopia, CFEE

1998 Description and analysis of hominin cranium from Omo, Ethiopia, Collège de France

Major Ongoing Laboratory Research Projects

Description and analysis of new hominid fossils from the Dikika area of the Afar, Ethiopia.

Description and analysis of new primate fossils from Asbole of the Afar, Ethiopia.

CT scan image analysis of DIK-1-1 and other hominin fossils

Environment and human evolution – qualitative, quantitative and comparative approaches

Major Ongoing Field Research Projects

Fieldwork in the Pliocene paleoanthropological site of Dikika, in Afar, Ethiopia

Fieldwork in the Pleistocene archaeological and paleontological site of Asbole in Afar, Ethiopia.

Teaching and Advisement

2005 – 2008 Coordinator and Lecturer, Paleoanthropology, International Max Planck Research School within the University of Leipzig and the Max PlanckInstitute for Evolutionary Anthropology

2007 Lecturer, Human Evolution, Department of Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa University; Graduate students supervised and other Committee work with students

2007 – present M.Sc. thesis supervision, Chalachew Mesfin, Addis Ababa University

2002 – present Member, Honors thesis committee, Catherine Haradon, Arizona State University

Selected Research Visits

1995 – present National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2009 Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Department of Physical Anthropology, Cleveland, OH, USA

2008 American Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleontology, New York, NY, USA

2008 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA

2003 Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College, London, UK,

2002 Powell Cotton Museum, Birchington, UK

2002 National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

2000 and 2002 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA

2000 American Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleontology, New York, NY, USA

1999 Transval Museum, Pretoria, South Africa

Selected Professional Collaborations

Prof. William Kimbel, Institute of Human Origins and Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, USA

Dr. Denis Geraads, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

Dr. Jonathan Wynn, Department of Geology, University of South Florida, USA

Dr. Rene Bobe, Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, USA

Dr. Denne Reed, Department of Anthropology, the University of Texas, USA

Dr. Kay Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian Institution, USA

Dr. Fred Spoor, University College London, UK

Max Planck Institute, Germany

National Museum of Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

National Museums of Kenya

Affiliation and Memberships

Max Planck Institute, Germany

Paleoanthropology Society

American Association of Physical Anthropology

East African Association for Paleoantology and Paleoanthropology

Invited Lectures

2009 Major Issues in Modern Biology lecture series, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA (May 12, “Early hominin evolution: learning from an old child”)

2008 The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA (May 1)

2008 The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA (April 12)

2008 The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden (March 5)

2007 TED Global, Arusha, Tanzania (June 4)

2007 The Smithsonian Institution / The Leakey Foundation, Washington, DC, USA (May 30)

2007 The Science Museum of the "la Caixa” Foundation, Barcelona, Spain (May 8)

2007 Dresdner Freundeskreis Athiopien e.V., Dresden, Germany (April 21)

2007 School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA (April 5)

2007 Residence of the Ambassador, US Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (February 5)

2007 Goethe Institute and the German Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (January 24)

2007 Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (January 9)

2003 Geology Department, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2001 Geology Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

1999 Biology Department, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Other Lectures

2009 Ethiopian Archaeologist’s Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (August 25) Selam’s place in human evolution

2009 California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA

Docent Course, Hidden Treasures (September 21, 23) Update on human evolution time line and new discoveries

Eastwood Associates (April 14) California Academy of Sciences and the role of Anthropology

Pritzker Lecture Series (April 14) Discovering and interpreting hominin fossil remains

Board of Trustees (March 25) New Fossil Discoveries in Ethiopia

Public Outreach

2008 Argo Community High School, Chicago, USA

2007 Wakefield High School, Virginia, USA

2008 Stavanger Ethiopian Community, Stavanger, Norway

Online Links

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMpbnIHUNUk

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Symposia

2009: Z. Alemseged (panel speaker), “Africa: Past and Present”. Third Annual Explorers Symposium, National Geographic, Washington, DC (June 11)

2009: Z. Alemseged (Speaker), “Growth and development in the early hominin fossil record”. Evolution: California Academy of Sciences and UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA (April 17)

2003: R. Bobe, Z. Alemseged and K. Behrensmeyer (Chairs and Organizers), Hominid Environments and Paleoecology in the East African Pliocene: An Assessment of the Faunal Evidence, Tempe, AZ, USA

Conference

2009: East African Association for Paleoanthropology and Palaeontology Past, Present and Future. 2^nd EAAPP Conference, Arusha, Tanzania (August 16-21)

Workshop

2004: A.K. Behrensmeyer, R. Bobe, Z. Alemseged (Chairs and Organizers), Workshop on Faunal Evidence for Hominin Paleoecology in East Africa, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA

Books

2007: Bobe, R., Alemseged, Z., Behrensmeyer, A.K. (Eds.). Hominin Environments in the East African Pliocene: An Assessment of the Faunal Evidence. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, Dordrecht. http://www.springer.com/life+sci/zoology/book/978-1-4020-3097-0?detailsPage=toc

Peer reviewed articles

In press: Denis Geraads, Zeresenay Alemseged, René Bobé, Denné Reed. A new canid from the middle Pliocene of Dikika, Lower Awash, Ethiopia, J. Vert. Paleo.

In press: Alemseged, Z. Australopithecus in Ethiopia. Springer, Dordrecht.

2009: Alemseged, Z., Bobe, R. Diet in early hominin species: a paleoenvironmental perspective. In: Hublin, J.-J., Richards, M.P. (Eds.), The Evolution of Hominid Diets: Integrating Approaches to the Study of Palaeolithic Subsistence, Springer Science + Business Media B.V., pp. 179–186.

2008: Mbua, E., Alemseged, Z., Bobe, R. A New Association for East African Paleoanthropology and Paleontology. Evol. Anth. 17, 123-124.

2008: Wynn, J.G., Roman, D.C., Alemseged, Z., Reed, D., Geraads, D., Munro, S. Stratigraphy, depositional environments and basin structure of the Hadar and Busidima Formations at Dikika, Ethiopia. In: Quade, J., Wynn, J.G. (Eds.), The Geology of Early Humans in the Horn of Africa: Geological Society of America Special Paper 446, p. 1–32, doi: 10.1130/2008.2446(04).

2007: Frost, S.R., Alemseged, Z. Middle Pleistocene fossil Cercopithecidae from Asbole, Afar Region, Ethiopia. J. Hum. Evol. 53, 227-259.

2007: Alemseged, Z., Bobe, R., Geraads, D. Comparability of fossil data and its significance for the interpretation of hominin environments: a case study in the lower Omo valley, Ethiopia. In: Bobe, R., Alemseged, Z., Behrensmeyer, A.K. (Eds.), Hominin Environments in the East African Pliocene: An Assessment of the Faunal Evidence. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 159-181.

2007: Behrensmeyer, K., Bobe, R., Alemseged, Z. Approaches to the analysis of faunal change during the East African Pliocene. In: Bobe, R., Alemseged, Z., Behrensmeyer, A.K. (Eds.), Hominin Environments in the East African Pliocene: An Assessment of the Faunal Evidence. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 1-24.

2007: Behrensmeyer, K., Alemseged, Z., Bobe, R. Finale and future: Investigating faunal evidence for hominin paleoecology in East Africa. In: Bobe, R., Alemseged, Z., Behrensmeyer, A.K. (Eds.), Hominin Environments in the East African Pliocene: An Assessment of the Faunal Evidence. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 333-345.

2006: Alemseged, Z., Spoor, F., Kimbel, W.H., Bobe, R., Geraads, D., Reed, D., Wynn, J.G. A juvenile early hominin skeleton from Dikika, Ethiopia. Nature 443, 296-301.

2006: Wynn, J.G., Alemseged, Z., Bobe, R., Geraads, D., Reed, D., Roman, D.C.. Geological and palaeontological context of a Pliocene juvenile hominin at Dikika, Ethiopia. Nature 443, 332-336.

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2005: Alemseged, Z., Wynn, J.G., Kimbel, W.H., Reed, D., Geraads, D., Bobe, R. First hominin from the Basal Member of the Hadar Formation, Dikika, Ethiopia and its geological context. J. Hum. Evol. 49, 499-514.

2004: de Lumley, H., Bahain, J.-J. Beyene, Y., Marchal, F., Alemseged, Z.. Les Formation Plio-Pleistocenes du bassin de l’Omo-Turkana. In: Les sites Prehistoriques de la region de Fejej, sud-Omo, Ethiopie, dans leurs contexte stratigraphique et paleontologique. De Lumley, H., Beyene, Y. (Eds.). Éditions Recherche sur les Civilizations, Paris, pp. 81-107.

2004: Echassoux, A., Moulle, P.E., Desclaux, E., Alemseged, Z. Les faunes Plio-Pleistocene du site de Fejej FJ-1. In: Les sites Prehistoriques de la region de Fejej, sud-Omo, Ethiopie, dans leurs contexte stratigraphique et paleontologique. De Lumley, H., Beyene, Y. (Eds.). Éditions Recherche sur les civilizations, Paris, pp. 203-340.

2004: Geraads, D., Alemseged, Z., Reed, D., Wynn, J. The Pleistocene fauna (other than Primates) from Asbole, lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia, and its environmental and biochronological implications. Geobios 37, 697-718.

2003: Alemseged, Z. An integrated approach to taphonomy and faunal change in the Shungura Formation (Ethiopia) and its implication for hominid evolution. J. Hum. Evol. 44, 1-28.

2002: Alemseged, Z., Coppens, Y., Geraads, D. A hominid cranium from Omo description and taxonomy of Omo-323-1976-896. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 117, 103-112.

2002: Geraads D., Alemseged, Z., Bellon, H. The late Miocene Mammalian fauna of Chorora, Awash basin, Ethiopia: systematics, biochronology and 40K-40Ar ages of associated volcanics. Tertiary Research 21 (1-4), 113-122.

2000: Alemseged, Z., Geraads, D. A new Middle Pleistocene Fauna from the Busidima-Telalak region of the Afar, Ethiopia. Compte Rendu de l’academie des Sciences 331, 549-556.

2000: Alemseged, Z. Plio-Pleistocene Hominids and Their Environment in the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia. Annales d’Ethiopie 20, 1-5.

1999: Alemseged, Z. La basse valle de l’Omo (Ethiopie). In : Les Australopitheques. Berillon, G., Bacon, A.M., Marchal, F., Deloison, Y. (Eds.). Editions Artcom.

1998: Alemseged, Z ., Geraads, D. Theropithecus atlanticus (Thomas, 1884) (Primate : Cercopithecidae) from the late Pliocene of Ahl al Oughlam, Casablanca, Moroco. J. Hum. Evol. 34 (6), 609-621.

1996: Alemseged Z., Geraads, D., Coppens, Y., Guillemot, C. Taphonomical and paleoenvironmental study of Omo-33, a late Pliocene hominid locality of the lower Omo basin, Ethiopia. Revue de Paléobiologie, 15 (2), 339-347.

Others

2002: Z. Alemseged. Dikika: a new paleoanthropological site in Ethiopia. Electronic publications (CD ROM) – University of Vienna, Austria.

2002: Z. Alemseged. Paleoanthropology in Ethiopia today. Electronic publications (CD ROM) – University of Vienna, Austria.

Scientific Podium Presentations

2009: Alemseged, Z. Ongoing Research on the DIK-1: Skeleton and New Data on the Deciduous Dentition. Paleoanthropology Meetings, Chicago (31 March-1 April 2009).

2009: Green, D., Alemseged, Z. The Ontogeny of Extant Hominid and Australopithecus afarensis Shoulder Morphology. Paleoanthropology Meetings, Chicago (31 March-1 April 2009).

2007: Alemseged, Z., Spoor, F., Kimbel, W.H., Bobe, R., Geraads, D., Reed, D., Wynn, J.G. Paleoanthropological research at Dikika, Ethiopia and comparative morphology of the a juvenile hominin from DIK-1. Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Paleoanthropology Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, USA (27-28 March 2007).

2007: Alemseged, Z., Frost, S. New Cercopithecid fossils from Asbole, Ethiopia and their environmental and ecological significance. Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Paleoanthropology Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, USA (27-28 March 2007).

2007: Reed, D.N., Alemseged, Z., Bobe, R., Geraads, D., Wynn, J. Taphonomy and Local Paleoecology of the Juvenile Hominin from DIK-1, Ethiopia. Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Paleoanthropology Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, USA (27-28 March 2007).

2007: Wynn, J.G., Alemseged, Z., Bobe, R., Geraads, D., Reed, D., Roman, D.C. Geological and tectonic framework for the 3.8-0.6 Ma Dikika Research Project area, and its implications for the study of the paleoenvironments of human evolution in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Paleoanthropology Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, USA (27-28 March 2007).

2007: Bobe, R., Geraads, D., Reed, D., Alemseged, Z., Wynn, J. Faunal context of the Pliocene Dikika Locality, Hadar Formation, Ethiopia. Annual Meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Paleoanthropology Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, USA (27-28 March 2007).

2005: Alemseged, Z., Wynn, J. A new Australopithecus afarenisis P3 from Dikika, Ethiopia. 12th Congress of the Pan African Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies (PAA), 3-10 July 2005, Gaborone, Botswana.

2005: Alemseged, Z. Ethical issues in Physical Anthropology research in developing countries. 2nd Conference on Science, Cultural Heritage, Natural Heritage and Tourism, 23-25 June Mekelle University, Ethiopia.

2004: Alemseged, Z. Major issues in Pliocene hominin paleoecology. Workshop on Faunal evidence for hominin paleoecology in East Africa, 21-23 May 2004, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.

2004: Wynn, J.G., Alemseged, Z., Roman, D.C. On the relationship between paleoenvironment and human evolution at Dikika in the Afar, Ethiopia. International Conference on the East African Rift System. June 20-24, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

2004: Bobe, R., Ferraro, J., Bishop, L., Plummer, T., Alemseged, Z. Late Pliocene hominin paleoenvironments of the lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia: new data from bovid ecomorphic studies. Paleoanthropology meetings, Montreal, Canada.

2003: Alemseged, Z., Bobe, R., Geraads, D. Hominid environments and faunal change in the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia: A comparison of the French and American databases. Abstracts. 72 nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Tempe, AZ, USA.

2003: Riel-Salvatore, J., Alemseged, Z., Reed, D., Wynn, J. Stone Age Archaeological Survey in the Busidima region, Ethiopia. Paleoanthropological Society of America. Tempe, AZ, USA.

2002: Alemseged, Z. Evidence for a major faunal turnover at around 2.3 Ma in the Shungura Formation, Ethiopia. Abstracts. 71 th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Buffalo, NY, USA.

2002: Orr, C., Alemseged, Z. Estimation of body mass and diet for fossil cercopithecids from the Asbole area of the Afar, Ethiopia. Abstracts. 71 th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Buffalo, NY, USA.

2001: Alemseged, Z., Geraads, D. A new Middle Pleistocene Fauna from the Busidima-Telalak region of the Afar, Ethiopia. Abstracts. pp. 31-32. 70th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Kansas City, KS, USA.

2001: Geraads, D., Alemseged, Z. A hominid from Omo description and systematics of Omo-323-1976-896. Abstracts, pp. 68-69. 70 th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Kansas City, KS, USA.

1998: Alemseged, Z. On the habitat preference of Australopithecus boisei. Dual Congress, Johannesburg, South Africa.

1997: Alemseged, Z. Mammals as indicators of paleoenvironment in the Shungura Formation. Second European Workshop of Paleontology, Quillan, France.

1997: Alemseged, Z., Geraads, D. Mammalian fauna and some taphonomic aspects of the Shungura Formation, Ethiopia. 45th Symposium of Vertebrate Paleontology. Derby, UK.

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