Jon Kalb

Jon Kalb, Paleontologist

Jon Kalb was raised in Houston, Texas, and studied geology at American University, Carnegie Institution, and Johns Hopkins University. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and along the Texas-Mexico border. During the 1970’s, he explored Ethiopia’s Afar
Depression, where he documented many of the fossil sites that have since pro duced the longest record of human evolution known, as described in his award- winning book, Adventures in the Bone Trade (Copernicus Books, 2001). Currently, he is a research fellow with the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratoryat the University of Texas at Austin. www.jonkalb.com

Current Residence: Austin, TX

Publications: Adventures in the Bone Trade: the race to discover human ancestors in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression

Education: Research Fellow for University of Texas at Austin

Years in the Field: 41

Skills: Geology, paleontology, horseback riding, hiking, backpacking