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
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 percent. That's why they can cope with their environment very easily after birth - faster than… — 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
