Profile: Sileshi Semaw


Sileshi's curriculum vitae (PDF)

Position

Research Scientist, Stone Age Institute

Education

  • 1997 Ph.D., Rutgers the State University of New Jersey . Anthropology, Palaeolithic archaeology, African prehistory.
  • 1989 M.A., Rutgers the State University of New Jersey . Anthropology Palaeolithic archaeology, African prehistory.
  • 1982 B.A., Addis Ababa University , History Department, Addis Ababa , Ethiopia . History.

Special interests

Palaeolithic archaeology, lithic technology, human evolutionary studies, African prehistory, Oldowan technology.

Recent and ongoing Research

PI, Gona Palaeoanthropological Research Project, Ethiopia.

Research Grants

L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Boise Fund.

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