Dr berhane asfaw biography
- Berhane Asfaw [bɨɾɨhanə ʔəsɨfawɨ] is an Ethiopian paleontologist of Rift Valley Research Service, who co-discovered human skeletal remains at Herto Bouri.
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Berhane Asfaw
Ethiopian paleontologist (born 1954)
For the anti-FGM activist, born Berhane Asfaw, see Berhane Ras-Work.
Berhane Asfaw[bɨɾɨhanə ʔəsɨfawɨ] (Amharic: ብርሃነ አስፋው; born 22 August 1954) is an Ethiopian paleontologist of Rift Valley Research Service, who co-discovered human skeletal remains at Herto Bouri, Ethiopia later classified as Homo sapiens idaltu, proposed as an early subspecies of anatomically modern humans.[1]
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Asfaw's father was the Secretary General of Gondar. He has five brothers and eight sisters. Asfaw was raised in the Kebele Hulet neighborhood in Gondar. He spent his free time riding a bike and playing football.[2] He completed primary and secondary education in Gondar town, Ethiopia. When he was as 9th grade student, he was exposed to the field of human evolution. A history teacher who read to the class about the discoveries of Zinjantohrpus (Australopithecus boisei) and Homo habilis by the Leakeys, published by the National Geographic Society. This information ignited his interest in the field of study.
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Berhane Asfaw (Amharic: በርሃነ አስፋው) (born August 22, 1954 in Gondar, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian paleontologist of Rift Valley Research Service, who co-discovered human skeletal remains at Herto Bouri, Ethiopia later classified as Homo sapiens idaltu, proposed as an early subspecies of anatomically modern humans.
Asfaw's father was the Secretary General of Gondar and Berhane has five brothers and eight sisters. Asfaw was raised in the Kebele Hulet neighborhood in Gondar. He spent his free time riding a bike and playing football. He completed primary and secondary education in Gondar town, Ethiopia. When he was a 9th grade student, he was exposed to the field of human evolution a history teacher who read to the class about the discoveries of Zinjantohrpus (Australopithecus boisei) and Homo habilis by the Leakeys, published by the National Geographic Society. This information ignited his interest in the field of study.
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Anthropogeny: The Perspective from Africa
Biographical Sketches: Co-Chairs
National Museum of Ethiopia
Berhane Asfaw has spent over thirty years working on the earliest hominids in Africa's Great Rift Valley. His teams are widely credited with discovering fossils providing strong evidence for Africa as the cradle of humanity. The fossils unearthed range from about 6 million years ago to the most complete, earliest modern humans at 160,000 years ago.Dr. Asfaw served as the Director of the National Museum of Ethiopia, and member of the Center for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Ethiopia. After completing his undergraduate education in Addis Ababa in Geology, he received a fellowship from the Leakey Foundation to pursue a Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley. He currently lives in Ethiopia and he is a father of three sons and a daughter. He is currently the manager of the Rift Valley Research Service and a co-director of the Middle Awash Research Project.
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