Selam is our most complete skeleton of a three-year-old girl who lived and died 3.3 million years ago. She belongs to the species known as Australopithecus afarensis. — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
I learned that the first technology appeared in the form of stone tools, 2.6 million years ago. First entertainment comes evidence from flutes that are 35,000 years old. And evidence for first design comes 75,000 years old - beads. And… — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
Because I am interested in the growth and development of early hominids, I play with my kids, you know, looking at their teeth or… — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
I was going to France to do my masters and my Ph.D., but I didn't know how to say, 'bonjour.' You really feel like… — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
I went to start the first Ethiopian-led project in paleoanthropology, ever. Doing that was not easy. — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
My family, in a way, gives me a reference as to who I am as an individual, and my work gives me a reference… — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
We have two choices: One is to continue to see a poor, ill, crying Africa, carrying guns, that depends on other people forever, or… — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
Selam is our most complete skeleton of a three-year-old girl who lived and died 3.3 million years ago. She belongs to the species known… — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
At age three, if you have a still-growing brain, it's a human behavior. In chimps, by age three, the brain is formed over 90… — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human. — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
I learned that the first technology appeared in the form of stone tools, 2.6 million years ago. First entertainment comes evidence from flutes that… — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
