Gerald G. Eck (PhD 1977, UC Berkeley)
Research Interests:
Physical anthropology and primate paleontology; Africa
"My most recent
fieldwork occurred in the Hadar Formation of Ethiopia as a member of a team
organized by the Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University. As one
of the project's senior paleontologists, I led the general paleontological
surface survey. The aims of this survey were to document in which sediments and
geographical locations fossils occurred and to recover those of scientific
importance. My crew and I worked in sediments generally geologically younger
than those explored during the 1970s. My work in the Hadar Formation saw its
completion in 2001. I am presently, with René Bobe, analyzing the mammalian
faunal collections from both the Shungura and Hadar Formations. We aim to
reconstruct the paleoenvironments of these very important hominid bearing
sites so as to better understand the environmental contexts of early hominid
evolution."
Personal Web Page: [Click Here]
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Selected Publications:
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2001
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Bobe R and GG Eck. Patterns of abundance and diversity in Pliocene Bovidae from the Shungura Formation, lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia. Paleobiology
Memoirs 27(Suppl. 2):1-47.
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2000
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Kramer, PA and GG Eck. Locomotor energetics and leg length in hominid bipedality. Journal of
Human Evolution 38:651-666.
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1993
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Eck GG. Theropithecus darti from the Hadar
Formation, Ethiopia. In Theropithecus: The Rise and Fall of
a Primate Genus. NG Jablonski, ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Pp.15-83.
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1987
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Eck GG and NG Jablonski. The skull of Theropithecus brumpti
compared with those of other species of the genus Theropithecus.
Cercopithecidae de la formation de Shungura. Les faunes plio–pléistocènes de
la basse vallée de l'Omo, Tome 3:10–123. Cahiers de Paléontologie,
Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
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1984
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Eck GG and NG
Jablonski. A reassessment of the taxonomic status and phyletic relationships
of Papio baringensis and Papio quadratirostris (Primates:Cercopithecidae).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 65:109–134.
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