William Henry Gilbert
Curriculum Vitae
CURRENT POSITIONS
2006-Present California State University,
East Bay Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology
2005-Present University of
California, Berkeley Research Manager, Human
Evolution Research Center
2006-Present Kesem Kebena
Project
Director
2007-Present FOROST (www.forost.org) Co-director, FOROST forensic osteology metadata
project
EDUCATION
2003-2005 University of California,
Berkeley
Postdoctoral Scholar, Human Evolutionary Research Center
2003 University of California,
Berkeley
PhD, Integrative Biology
1994 University of California,
Santa Barbara BA, Biological
Anthropology
COMMUNICATIONS
Books and Volumes
2008 Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press
Reviews of this work:
2003 The Daka Member of the Bouri Formation,
Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia: Fauna, Stratigraphy, and Environment Ph. D.
Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology
2000 de Heinzelin, J., J.
Clark, K. Schick, & W. Gilbert. The Acheulean and the Plio-Pleistocene
Deposits of the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. MusŽe Royal de
LÕAfrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
2010 Bernor, R. , M.
Armour-Chelu, W. H. Gilbert, T. Kaiser, and E. Shultz. ChapterEquidae. In L.
Werdelin and W. Sanders, eds. Cenozoic
Mammals of Africa. University of California Press.
2008 G.
WoldeGabriel, W. H. Gilbert, W. K. Hart, P. R. Renne, and S. H. Ambrose.
Geology and Geochronology in Gilbert, W. & B.
Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus: Pleistocene Evidence
from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press
2008 W. H. Gilbert.
Bovidae. in Gilbert, W.
& B. Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash,
Ethiopia. University of California Press
2008 W. H.
Gilbert, Nuria Garc’a, and F. Clark Howell. Carnivora.
in Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus:
Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of
California Press
2008 W. H.
Gilbert and S. Frost. Cercopithecidae. in Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus:
Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of
California Press
2008 W. H.
Gilbert and Raymond L. Bernor. Equidae. in Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus:
Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of
California Press
2008 W. H.
Gilbert. Giraffidae. in
Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus: Pleistocene Evidence
from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press
2008 J.-R. Boisserie and W. Henry Gilbert. Hippopotamidae. in Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw,
eds. Homo
erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia.
University of California Press
2008 H.
Saegusa and W. H. Gilbert. Elephantidae. in Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus:
Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of
California Press
2008 W. H.
Gilbert. Rhinocerotidae. in
Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus: Pleistocene Evidence
from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press
2008 W. H.
Gilbert. Suidae. in Gilbert,
W. & B. Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash,
Ethiopia. University of California Press
2008 W. H.
Gilbert and Tom Stidham Rare Taxa in Gilbert, W.
& B. Homo
erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia.
University of California Press
2008 Berhane
Asfaw, W. Henry Gilbert, and Gary Richards. Homo erectus
cranial anatomy. in
Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus: Pleistocene Evidence
from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press
2008 W. H.
Gilbert, Ralph Holloway, Gen Suwa, Reiko T. Kono, and Daisuke Kubo. Tomographic analysis of the Daka Calvaria. in Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw,
eds. Homo
erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia.
University of California Press
2008 W.
H.Gilbert. Hominid Systematics. in
Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus: Pleistocene Evidence
from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press
2008 W. H.
Gilbert. Daka Member Hominid Postcranial Remains. in Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw,
eds. Homo
erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia.
University of California Press
2008 W. H.
Gilbert. Ecological and Biogeographic Context of the Daka
Member. in Gilbert, W.
& B. Asfaw, eds. Homo erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash,
Ethiopia. University of California Press
2008 W. H.
Gilbert. Conclusions: Evolutionary Insights from the Daka Member. in Gilbert, W. & B. Asfaw,
eds. Homo
erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia.
University of California Press
2007 Degusta,D., H.
Gilbert, G. Richards, and T. White. Methods for studying bone modification. In:
Tafonom’a,
medio ambiente y cultura: Aportaciones a la Antropolog’a de la Muerte. C.
Serrano and A. Terrazas, Eds. Universidad Nacional Aut—noma
de MŽxico Instituto de Investigaciones Antropol—gicas. MŽxico City
2006 White, T., Howell, F.,
& W. Gilbert. The earliest Metridiochoerus (Artiodactyla: Suidae)
from the Usno Formation, Ethiopia. Transactions of the Royal
Society of South Africa 61: 75-80
2006 White, T., WoldeGabriel, G., Asfaw, B., Ambrose, S.,
Beyene, Y., Bernor, R., Boisserie, J., Currie, B., Gilbert, W., Haile-Selassie,
Y., Hart,, W., Hlusko, L., Howell, F., Kono, R.,
Louchart, A., Lovejoy, C. O., Renne, P., Saegusa, H., Vrba, E., Wesselman, H.,
and G. Suwa. Asa Issie, Aramis, and the Origin of Australopithecus.
Nature 440: 883-889
2003 Gilbert, W., White,
T., B. Asfaw. Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo "cepranensis,"
and the Daka cranium. Journal of Human Evolution 45:255-259
2003 White, T., B. Asfaw, D. DeGusta, W. Gilbert, G.
Richards, G. Suwa, & F. C. Howell. Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Nature
423:742-747
2003 Clark, J., Y. Beyene, G. Woldegabriel, W.
Hart, P. Renne, W. Gilbert, A. Defleur, G. Suwa, S. Katoh, K. Ludwig, J.-R. Boisserie, B. Asfaw, & T. White. Stratigraphic, chronological and behavioural contexts of
Pleistocene Homo
sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Nature
423:747-728
2002 Asfaw, B., W. Gilbert, Y. Beyene, W. Hart,
P. Renne, G. WoldeGabriel, E. Vrba, & T. White. Remains ofHomo erectus
from Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Nature
416:317-320
2001 Gilbert, W. & G.
Richards. Response to Hirsch:
Reevaluating digital vs. conventional photographic cameras for research. Anatomical
Record (New Anatomist) 265:130-131
2000 Gilbert, W., & G.
Richards. Digital imaging of bone and tooth modification. Anatomical
Record (New Anatomist) 261: 237-246
2000 Gilbert W., B. Asfaw, & T. White.
Chapter 7: Paleontology. In: The Acheulean and the Plio-Pleistocene Deposits
of the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. de
Heinzelin, J., J. Clark, K. Schick, & W. Gilbert (eds.) MusŽe Royal de
LÕAfrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium
2000 de Heinzelin J., G.
WoldeGabriel, T. White, W. Gilbert, & B. Asfaw. Chapter 2: Geography, Mapping, and
Nomenclature. In: The Acheulean and the Plio-Pleistocene Deposits of the
Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. de Heinzelin, J.,
J. Clark, K. Schick, and W. Gilbert (eds.) MusŽe Royal de LÕAfrique Centrale,
Tervuren, Belgium
1999 DeGusta, D., W. Gilbert, & S.
Turner. Hypoglossal canal size and hominid
speech. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 96
(4): 1800-1804
Conferences and Presentations
2011
Organized the 2nd Seminario Internacional de Antropolog’a Forense,
March 27-Apr 1, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, UNAM, Mexico City Seminario
Internacional de Antropologia Forense
2011
FOROST (with Raul Castillo) 2nd Seminario Internacional de Antropolog’a Forense,
March 27-Apr 1, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, UNAM, Mexico City Seminario
Internacional de Antropologia Forense
2010
"Wonderfest 2010: How Did Evolution Shape Human Behavior?" (with David DeGusta) 12th annual Wonderfest Bay Area Festival
of Science. Berkeley Wonderfest
Video
2010 ÒThe
Human Fossil Record.Ó November 18, 2010, Willard Middle School, Berkeley
2010 ÒThe
Daka Member, Homo
erectus in Africa.Ó October 14, 2010, Chico State University Department of
Anthropology Blog
entry about talk
2010
ÒData Models and Data Integration in Paleoanthropology.Ó (with
Michael Black) Pleistocene Databases Acquisition, Storing, Sharing, June 10
& 11, 2010, Neanderthal Museum Mettmann, Germany, Organized by NESPOS
Society and the Neanderthal Museum Foundation NESPOS
workshop group photo
2010 ÒEthiopian
Diorama, a Glimpse of HumanityÕs Dawn.Ó February 3, 2010, East Bay Science CafŽ,
La Pe–a Cultural Center
2009
Keynote presentation-ÒAn Introduction to Paleoanthropology.Ó Magistral
Conference, XV Coloquio Internacional de Antropolog’a F’sica, October 18-23,
MŽrida, Yucat‡n
2009 ÒThe
Daka Member and Pleistocene African Homo erectus.Ó XV Coloquio Internacional de
Antropolog’a F’sica, October 18-23, MŽrida, Yucat‡n
2009
ÒKesem Kebena Dulecha Paleolithic Project, Ethiopia.Ó XV Coloquio Internacional
de Antropolog’a F’sica, October 18-23th, MŽrida, Yucat‡n
2009
Co-organizer: Seminario de Antropolog’a Forense, March 16-20th, Mexico City images
2009
ÒImplementing Multi-institution, Multi-user Databases in Forensic Osteology.Ó
Seminario de Antropolog’a Forense, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, UNAM, March 16-20, Mexico City
2008 Impact
Assessment and Mitigation at Kesem-Kebena. International
Conference on Paleoanthropology, Paleontology and Archaeology in Ethiopia.
Economic Commission for Africa, ECA Hall II, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
2006 S. Baez-Molgado, W. Gilbert, G. Torres-Ram’rez, P.
Herrera-Saint-Leu, C. GutiŽrrez-Gonz‡lez, K. Herrera-Morales, A. Iberri-Jaime, N.
Ju‡rez-Reyna, & G. Mejorada-Millan.
Diagn—stico Neuro-Motor a partir de la observaci—n Anot—mica en un esqueleto:
colecci—n —sea del laboratoria de Antropolog’a F’sica. XXI Congreso Nacional de
Anatom’a, San Luis Postosi, Mexico
2003 Gilbert, W. Testing
hypotheses of demes within Homo erectus using parsimony analysis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology:
Suppl. 36: 100-100
2000 Gilbert, W. Microscopic
documentation of bone modification. American
Journal of Physical Anthropology: Suppl. 30: 158-158
1999 DeGusta, D., W. Gilbert, & S. Turner.The hypoglossal
canal: making silent skulls speak? American Journal of Physical Anthropology:
Suppl. 28: 116-116
Websites and Web-only publications
2011 W. H. Gilbert & Raul Castillo. Citing multi-institution specimen metabases: The FOROST example.2nd Seminario Internacional de Antropolog’a Forense, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropol—gicas, Universidad Nacional Aut—noma de MŽxico. FOROST Metabase Occasional Publications No. 1
2007 M. Black, T. White, K. Brudvik, D. Su, H. Gilbert, and J. R. Boisserie. RHOI Database Template v. 1.0. rhoi.berkeley.edu/RHOI_Database_Template/downloads.php
2003-present fossilized.org
2007-present CSU East Bay Anthropology Department
and Human Evolutionary
Studies Laboratory webpages
2008-present forost.org
Forensic osteology visual database linking the public to forensic osteology
images and data from museums and other institutions worldwide.
2006-present middleawash.berkeley.edu
Middle Awash project website. Designed and developed Middle Awash website,
including searchable online fossil catalog.
2005-present herc.berkeley.edu
Human Evolution Research Center main website. Designed and developed HERC
website, including searchable online cast catalog.
FIELDWORK
2010 National Museum of Ethiopia directed installation of archaeology
collection.
2006-present Kesem Kebena Project Led expeditions to rescue antiquities in area
affected by Kesem and Kebena reservoirs. Recovered
Pleistocene and Neolithic fossils and artifacts, including hominid fossils.
1994-2005 Middle Awash Project Continued work in survey and excavation in
several Middle Awash localities, participating in and managing scientific and
logistical activities. Coordinated geological, archeological,
and paleontological fieldwork on the Early Pleistocene Daka Member of the Bouri
Formation. Recovered Homo erectus
calvaria BOU-VP-2/66. Coordinated excavation of Homo sapiens idaltu cranium BOU-VP-16/2 and
directed vertebrate fossil collection in the Herto Member. Recovered hominid cranial fossil BOU-VP-16/18. Recovered Ardipithecus ramidus phalanx in Aramis Member.1996 Continued
work in survey and excavation of Pliocene localities in the Aramis Member.
Began high-resolution geological and archeological
survey of the Bouri Formation. 1994 Participated in survey and excavation of Pliocene localities
in the Aramis Member. Participated in excavation of Ardipithecus ramidus partial skeleton.
1994 Dursunlu, Turkey Excavated the Pleistocene
site of Dursunlu, which has produced the earliest evidence of human occupation
in Turkey.
1992, 1993 Central Turkey Participated in a collaborative
U.C. Berkeley/Ankara University project surveying numerous Miocene, Pliocene,
and Pleistocene localities of paleoanthropological interest.
GRANTS RECEIVED
2010 Leakey
Foundation Research Grant Kesem Kebena Project
2008 Private donation
to CSU East Bay Kesem Kebena Reservoir Impact Salvage Project
2007 CSU East Bay
Faculty Support Grant Kesem Kebena Reservoir Impact Salvage Project
2007 Leakey
Foundation Research Grant Kesem Kebena Project
2003 Leakey
Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant Daka Member, Ethiopia
SELECTED MUSEUM AND LABORATORY WORK
2007-present Human Evolutionary Studies Laboratory, CSU East Bay
Director
1994-present Human Evolution Research Center, UC Berkeley
Laboratory manager
2005-2010 Revealing Hominid Origins Initiative, UC Berkeley
Managed data network, databases, and website.
1994-present National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Managed movement of antiquites into new museum
complex. Multiple responsibilities
related to photography, publication, curation, replication, preservation, and
study of fossils and artifacts.
2001-2009 Instituto de Investigaciones Antropol—gicas, UNAM, Mexico CITY
Instruction in identifying human osteological
remains. Instruction
in digital photography techniques. Instruction
in techniques for analyzing assemblages of modified bones and in molding and
casting.
1996-2005 Middle Awash Digital Map Archive
Facilitated the conversion of data to ENVI GIS formats. Designed
and managed a satellite and air photo GIS database for the Middle Awash
Project.
1996, 1999, 2009-10 Berkeley Geochronology Center
Prepared geological samples for irradiation and
dating.