Very sad news for those of us who do physical anthropology. Charles ("Charlie") Lockwood (University College London) was killed today in a motorcycle accident in London. He is survived by his parents and sisters.
Charlie was a talented morphologist both in the sense of being a descriptive anatomist and quantitative biologist. I met him in the late 90's when he came to ASU's Institute of Origins for a post-doc after completing his PhD at the University of Witwatersrand. He, Bill Kimbel and I shared the pain of rejected NSF grant proposals before receiving NSF money to study the use of geometric morphometrics to study temporal bone variation in hominins. Three papers resulted:
- Lockwood,C.A., Lynch,J.M., Kimbel,W.H. (2002). Quantifying temporal bone morphology of great apes and humans: An approach using geometric morphometrics. Journal of Anatomy 201(6), 447-464.
- Lockwood,C.A., Kimbel,W.H., Lynch,J.M. (2004). Morphometrics and hominoid phylogeny: Support for a chimpanzee-human clade and differentiation among great ape subspecies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101(13), 4356-4360.
- Lockwood,C.A., Kimbel,W.H., Lynch,J.M. (2005). Variation in early hominin temporal bone morphology and its implications for species diversity. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 60(2), 73-77.
There was other research we intended to do but, somehow, with Charlie's move to London in 2004 and all that involved, we never got round to it. He was soon to be returning to South Africa to take a position at Wits. I'm proud to have known Charlie as a colleague and a friend. He will be missed.
Update: Charlie gets a mention from Adam Yates, Anthropology.net, Greg Laden & John Hawks.
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My condolences to his family and friends. As you say, this is sad news for the anthropological community.
Posted by: afarensis | July 14, 2008 8:35 PM
Bummer. He was a good guy.
Posted by: Greg Laden | July 14, 2008 10:25 PM
I'm truly sorry for your loss.
Posted by: Robyn | July 15, 2008 12:51 PM
I didn't know Charlie professionally, but as an Ultimate player and teammate. He was good people, and all of his communities are worse off without him.
Wherever you are, Charlie, it was a pleasure knowing and playing with you. Good travels on the next phase of your journey.
jt
Posted by: Jim Tolar | July 15, 2008 7:56 PM
What a terrible and untimely loss for you and your colleagues, personally and professionally. Our condolences go out to you, his family, and all whose lives were touched by Charlie.
Posted by: Abel Pharmboy | July 16, 2008 7:18 AM
Unbelievable! Charlie will be missed.
GODSPEED !
Posted by: Joe Pearl | July 16, 2008 9:47 AM
We work with Charles mother. It was devastating to all of us when she received the news. We are very sorry for the loss and keep the family in our thoughts and prayers.
Everyone at Blackhawk Hardware
Posted by: Ana Carson | July 16, 2008 4:50 PM
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Posted by: Charles Lockwood's Family | July 17, 2008 11:07 AM