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> [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 a baby, starting everything from scratch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeresenay-alemseged/i-was-going-to-france-to-do-my-masters-and-my-ph-d-but-i-didn-t-know/)

[Zeresenay Alemseged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeresenay-alemseged/)

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## More by Zeresenay Alemseged

> [Because I am interested in the growth and development of early hominids, I play with my kids, you know, looking at their teeth or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeresenay-alemseged/because-i-am-interested-in-the-growth-and-development-of-early/)

[Zeresenay Alemseged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeresenay-alemseged/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeresenay-alemseged/i-was-going-to-france-to-do-my-masters-and-my-ph-d-but-i-didn-t-know/)

[Zeresenay Alemseged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeresenay-alemseged/)

> [I went to start the first Ethiopian-led project in paleoanthropology, ever. Doing that was not easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeresenay-alemseged/i-went-to-start-the-first-ethiopian-led-project-in-paleoanthropology/)

[Zeresenay Alemseged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeresenay-alemseged/)

> [My family, in a way, gives me a reference as to who I am as an individual, and my work gives me a reference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeresenay-alemseged/my-family-in-a-way-gives-me-a-reference-as-to-who-i-am-as-an/)

[Zeresenay Alemseged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeresenay-alemseged/)

> [We have two choices: One is to continue to see a poor, ill, crying Africa, carrying guns, that depends on other people forever, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeresenay-alemseged/we-have-two-choices-one-is-to-continue-to-see-a-poor-ill-crying/)

[Zeresenay Alemseged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeresenay-alemseged/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeresenay-alemseged/selam-is-our-most-complete-skeleton-of-a-three-year-old-girl-who/)

[Zeresenay Alemseged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeresenay-alemseged/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeresenay-alemseged/at-age-three-if-you-have-a-still-growing-brain-it-s-a-human-behavior/)

[Zeresenay Alemseged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeresenay-alemseged/)

> [I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeresenay-alemseged/i-m-a-paleoanthropologist-and-my-job-is-to-define-man-s-place-in/)

[Zeresenay Alemseged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeresenay-alemseged/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeresenay-alemseged/i-learned-that-the-first-technology-appeared-in-the-form-of-stone/)

[Zeresenay Alemseged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeresenay-alemseged/)

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