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8 quotes by Zeresenay Alemseged

Zeresenay Alemseged Born (1969-06-04) 4 June 1969 (age 45) Axum, Ethiopia Residence San Francisco, California, U.S. Fields Paleoanthropology, Anthropology Institutions California Academy of Sciences Alma mater Addis Ababa University Zeresenay (Zeray) Alemseged (born 4 June 1969) is an Ethiopian paleoanthropologist and Chair of the Anthropology Department at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, USA. He is best known for his...
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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... →

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I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human.

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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... →

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I went to start the first Ethiopian-led project in paleoanthropology, ever. Doing that was not easy.

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Because I am interested in the growth and development of early hominids, I play with my kids, you know, looking at their teeth or measuring their... →

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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... →

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My family, in a way, gives me a reference as to who I am as an individual, and my work gives me a reference as to who I am as a Homo sapiens. I think... →

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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... →

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