Sileshi Semaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 76417 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sileshi Semaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sileshi |
| FAMILY NAME | Semaw |
| SIGNATURE | SEMAW S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stone Age Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8377-8288 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 868 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Imposed Form in the Early Acheulean? Evidence from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
Gona, Ethiopia
The 6-Million-Year Record of Ecological and Environmental Change at Gona, Afar Region, Ethiopia
The rift setting of eastern Africa preserves exceptional records of mammalian (including hominin) fossils and archeology. The Afar region is host to multiple deposits with sediments ranging in age from>9 Ma to the present (Chorowicz, 2005; Katoh et al., 2016) and plays a major role in our understanding of human origins. The Gona project area contains fossiliferous deposits that span ca . 6.3 to <0.15 Ma (Quade et al., 2008); the duration of this …
Reconstruction and analysis of the DAN5/P1 and BSN12/P1 Gona Early Pleistocene Homo fossils
Fossil Cercopithecidae from the Early Pliocene Sagantole Formation at Gona, Ethiopia
Ardipithecus ramidus postcrania from the Gona Project area, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia
Archaeology and the Origins of Human Cumulative Culture: A Case Study from the Earliest Oldowan at Gona, Ethiopia
The capacity of Homo sapiens for the intergenerational accumulation of complex technologies, practices, and beliefs is central to contemporary accounts of human distinctiveness. However, the actual antiquity and evolutionary origins of cumulative culture are not known. Here we propose and exemplify a research program for studying the origins of cumulative culture using archaeological evidence. Our stepwise approach disentangles assessment of the …
Million- and 2.4-million-year-old artifacts and stone tool–cutmarked bones from Ain Boucherit, Algeria
Early humans in northern Africa Evidence for the earliest stone tools produced by human ancestors (from ∼2.6 million years ago) has hitherto come from East Africa. Sahnouni et al. report the discovery of Oldowan stone artifacts and associated cutmarks on fossil bones excavated in Algeria, with the earliest dated to 2.4 million years ago. Thus, hominins inhabited the Mediterranean fringe in North Africa earlier than commonly believed. Furthermore,…
The Early Acheulean ~1.6–1.2 Ma from Gona, Ethiopia: Issues related to the Emergence of the Acheulean in Africa
The first technical sequences in human evolution from East Gona, Afar region, Ethiopia
Gona in the Afar region of Ethiopia has yielded the earliest Oldowan stone tools in the world. Artefacts from the East Gona (EG) 10 site date back 2.6 million years. Analysis of the lithic assemblage from EG 10 reveals the earliest-known evidence for refitting and conjoining stone artefacts. This new information supplements data from other Oldowan sites in East Africa, and provides an important insight into the technological capacities and evolut…
Late Miocene hominin teeth from the Gona Paleoanthropological Research Project area, Afar, Ethiopia
The female Homo pelvis from Gona: Response to Ruff (2010)
Technological variation in the earliest Oldowan from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
From Nothing to Something: The Appearance and Context of the Earliest Archaeological Record
The Oldowan-Acheulian Transition: Is there a “Developed Oldowan” Artifact Tradition
A Female Homo erectus Pelvis from Gona, Ethiopia
Analyses of the KNM-WT 15000 Homo erectus juvenile male partial skeleton from Kenya concluded that this species had a tall thin body shape due to specialized locomotor and climatic adaptations. Moreover, it was concluded that H. erectus pelves were obstetrically restricted to birthing a small-brained altricial neonate. Here we describe a nearly complete early Pleistocene adult female H. erectus pelvis from the Busidima Formation of Gona, Afar, Et…
Early Pliocene hominids from Gona, Ethiopia
Cutmarked bones from Pliocene archaeological sites at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia: Implications for the Function of the World's Oldest Stone Tools
Raw material selectivity of the earliest stone toolmakers at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
Paleoenvironments of the earliest stone toolmakers, Gona, Ethiopia
Research Article| November 01, 2004 Paleoenvironments of the earliest stone toolmakers, Gona, Ethiopia Jay Quade; Jay Quade 1Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Naomi Levin; Naomi Levin 1Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Sileshi Semaw; Sileshi …
Million-year-old stone tools and associated bones from OGS-6 and OGS-7, Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
The World's Oldest Stone Artefacts from Gona, Ethiopia: Their Implications for Understanding Stone Technology and Patterns of Human Evolution Between 2·6–1·5 Million Years Ago
Tephra from Fejej, Ethiopia—A reply
Kesem-Kebena: A Newly Discovered Paleoanthropological Research Area in Ethiopia
Presentation des decouvertes paleontologiques et archeologiques de cette region d'Ethiopie nouvellement prospectee, dont les depots se situent du Pliocene (3,7 millions d'annees) au Pleistocene recent. Datations par Potassium-Argon et tephrochronologie. La decouverte la plus significative est un assemblage acheuleen lithique et faunique datant d'1 million d'annees
Fejej: A new paleoanthropological research area in Ethiopia
The World's Oldest Stone Artefacts from Gona, Ethiopia: Their Implications for Understanding Stone Technology and Patterns of Human Evolution Between 2·6–1·5 Million Years Ago
Cutmarked bones from Pliocene archaeological sites at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia: Implications for the Function of the World's Oldest Stone Tools
Technological variation in the earliest Oldowan from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
Raw material selectivity of the earliest stone toolmakers at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
Million-year-old stone tools and associated bones from OGS-6 and OGS-7, Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
Archaeology and the Origins of Human Cumulative Culture: A Case Study from the Earliest Oldowan at Gona, Ethiopia
The capacity of Homo sapiens for the intergenerational accumulation of complex technologies, practices, and beliefs is central to contemporary accounts of human distinctiveness. However, the actual antiquity and evolutionary origins of cumulative culture are not known. Here we propose and exemplify a research program for studying the origins of cumulative culture using archaeological evidence. Our stepwise approach disentangles assessment of the …
Fejej: A new paleoanthropological research area in Ethiopia
Ardipithecus ramidus postcrania from the Gona Project area, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia
Late Miocene hominin teeth from the Gona Paleoanthropological Research Project area, Afar, Ethiopia
The female Homo pelvis from Gona: Response to Ruff (2010)
Reconstruction and analysis of the DAN5/P1 and BSN12/P1 Gona Early Pleistocene Homo fossils
The first technical sequences in human evolution from East Gona, Afar region, Ethiopia
Gona in the Afar region of Ethiopia has yielded the earliest Oldowan stone tools in the world. Artefacts from the East Gona (EG) 10 site date back 2.6 million years. Analysis of the lithic assemblage from EG 10 reveals the earliest-known evidence for refitting and conjoining stone artefacts. This new information supplements data from other Oldowan sites in East Africa, and provides an important insight into the technological capacities and evolut…
Kesem-Kebena: A Newly Discovered Paleoanthropological Research Area in Ethiopia
Presentation des decouvertes paleontologiques et archeologiques de cette region d'Ethiopie nouvellement prospectee, dont les depots se situent du Pliocene (3,7 millions d'annees) au Pleistocene recent. Datations par Potassium-Argon et tephrochronologie. La decouverte la plus significative est un assemblage acheuleen lithique et faunique datant d'1 million d'annees
Imposed Form in the Early Acheulean? Evidence from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
Fossil Cercopithecidae from the Early Pliocene Sagantole Formation at Gona, Ethiopia
Tephra from Fejej, Ethiopia—A reply
Fejej: A new paleoanthropological research area in Ethiopia
Kesem-Kebena: A Newly Discovered Paleoanthropological Research Area in Ethiopia
Presentation des decouvertes paleontologiques et archeologiques de cette region d'Ethiopie nouvellement prospectee, dont les depots se situent du Pliocene (3,7 millions d'annees) au Pleistocene recent. Datations par Potassium-Argon et tephrochronologie. La decouverte la plus significative est un assemblage acheuleen lithique et faunique datant d'1 million d'annees
Tephra from Fejej, Ethiopia—A reply
The World's Oldest Stone Artefacts from Gona, Ethiopia: Their Implications for Understanding Stone Technology and Patterns of Human Evolution Between 2·6–1·5 Million Years Ago
Million-year-old stone tools and associated bones from OGS-6 and OGS-7, Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
Paleoenvironments of the earliest stone toolmakers, Gona, Ethiopia
Research Article| November 01, 2004 Paleoenvironments of the earliest stone toolmakers, Gona, Ethiopia Jay Quade; Jay Quade 1Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Naomi Levin; Naomi Levin 1Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Sileshi Semaw; Sileshi …
Early Pliocene hominids from Gona, Ethiopia
Cutmarked bones from Pliocene archaeological sites at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia: Implications for the Function of the World's Oldest Stone Tools
Raw material selectivity of the earliest stone toolmakers at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
A Female Homo erectus Pelvis from Gona, Ethiopia
Analyses of the KNM-WT 15000 Homo erectus juvenile male partial skeleton from Kenya concluded that this species had a tall thin body shape due to specialized locomotor and climatic adaptations. Moreover, it was concluded that H. erectus pelves were obstetrically restricted to birthing a small-brained altricial neonate. Here we describe a nearly complete early Pleistocene adult female H. erectus pelvis from the Busidima Formation of Gona, Afar, Et…
From Nothing to Something: The Appearance and Context of the Earliest Archaeological Record
The Oldowan-Acheulian Transition: Is there a “Developed Oldowan” Artifact Tradition
Technological variation in the earliest Oldowan from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
The female Homo pelvis from Gona: Response to Ruff (2010)
Late Miocene hominin teeth from the Gona Paleoanthropological Research Project area, Afar, Ethiopia
Million- and 2.4-million-year-old artifacts and stone tool–cutmarked bones from Ain Boucherit, Algeria
Early humans in northern Africa Evidence for the earliest stone tools produced by human ancestors (from ∼2.6 million years ago) has hitherto come from East Africa. Sahnouni et al. report the discovery of Oldowan stone artifacts and associated cutmarks on fossil bones excavated in Algeria, with the earliest dated to 2.4 million years ago. Thus, hominins inhabited the Mediterranean fringe in North Africa earlier than commonly believed. Furthermore,…
The Early Acheulean ~1.6–1.2 Ma from Gona, Ethiopia: Issues related to the Emergence of the Acheulean in Africa
The first technical sequences in human evolution from East Gona, Afar region, Ethiopia
Gona in the Afar region of Ethiopia has yielded the earliest Oldowan stone tools in the world. Artefacts from the East Gona (EG) 10 site date back 2.6 million years. Analysis of the lithic assemblage from EG 10 reveals the earliest-known evidence for refitting and conjoining stone artefacts. This new information supplements data from other Oldowan sites in East Africa, and provides an important insight into the technological capacities and evolut…
Ardipithecus ramidus postcrania from the Gona Project area, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia
Archaeology and the Origins of Human Cumulative Culture: A Case Study from the Earliest Oldowan at Gona, Ethiopia
The capacity of Homo sapiens for the intergenerational accumulation of complex technologies, practices, and beliefs is central to contemporary accounts of human distinctiveness. However, the actual antiquity and evolutionary origins of cumulative culture are not known. Here we propose and exemplify a research program for studying the origins of cumulative culture using archaeological evidence. Our stepwise approach disentangles assessment of the …
Fossil Cercopithecidae from the Early Pliocene Sagantole Formation at Gona, Ethiopia
The 6-Million-Year Record of Ecological and Environmental Change at Gona, Afar Region, Ethiopia
The rift setting of eastern Africa preserves exceptional records of mammalian (including hominin) fossils and archeology. The Afar region is host to multiple deposits with sediments ranging in age from>9 Ma to the present (Chorowicz, 2005; Katoh et al., 2016) and plays a major role in our understanding of human origins. The Gona project area contains fossiliferous deposits that span ca . 6.3 to <0.15 Ma (Quade et al., 2008); the duration of this …
Reconstruction and analysis of the DAN5/P1 and BSN12/P1 Gona Early Pleistocene Homo fossils
Gona, Ethiopia
Imposed Form in the Early Acheulean? Evidence from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (21 works) · Archaeology (19 works) · Geography (19 works) · Biology (15 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (13 works) · Paleontology (12 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (11 works) · Geology (11 works) · Paleontology (11 works) · Geology (10 works)