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Ethiopian Scientist Zeresenay Alemseged on PBS's "Becoming Human" Documentary

11/04/09

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Ethiopian Scientist Zeresenay Alemseged on PBS's "Becoming Human" Documentary

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Zeresenay Alemseged

Ethiopian Scientist Zeresenay Alemseged on PBS's "Becoming Human" Documentary

Ethiopian scientist Zeresenay (Zeray) Alemseged, who discovered the 3.3 million year old girl fossil called Selam in Ethiopia, is featured on PBS's "Becoming Human" documentary which is being shown this week. Zeresenay is currently curator and chair of anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences and a world renowned paleontologist.

For several months each year, paleontologist Zeresenay "Zeray" Alemseged patiently and methodically sifts through soils—and time—under the relentless sun in the remote reaches of Ethiopia's Afar region. There he leads exploration of the Busidima-Dikika paleoanthropological site, which is yielding important clues about the four-million-year history of human evolution.

Native to Ethiopia, Zeray was born in 1969. Eager to understand why his country yields so many pieces to the puzzle of human evolution, he earned an undergraduate degree in geology from Addis Ababa University in 1990 and went to work for the National Museum of Ethiopia.

After two years, Alemseged left for France. There he received a master's in paleontology at the University of Montpellier and University of Paris in 1994 and a doctorate from the University of Paris and the French National Museum of Natural History in 1998.

Source: National Geography and PBS



Click here to watch the documentary from PBS

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msg Comment from: kibrom [Visitor]
paleontology a useless and unnesesary field of study and the people are so stupid they think their grandpa and ma were chimps.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 00:32

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msg Comment from: Abi [Visitor]
Very good job, zeray.

Keep it up.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 05:16

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msg Comment from: Berhane [Visitor]
Dear Kibrom !!!
What did you write...kkk.You have to admire and respect for his excellentr activities
and his foundation.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 07:55

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msg Comment from: Faith [Visitor]
kibrom - Atleast it is better than Parkology and Taxiology which are your fields of study. :)
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 08:06

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msg Comment from: YeshiworkD@yahoo.com [Visitor]
Kibrom you expose you need a soul
searching so that your eyes could be
opened to what Zeray is doing.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 09:03

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msg Comment from: N'rayo [Visitor]
Let the insults roll,people.
He is "Tigre".
Call him names,hate on him.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 10:34

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msg Comment from: ankobar [Visitor]
Kibrom
had this discovery been in eritera ,suddenly palentology will be a useful discipline.you are ignorant stupid and useless .people like you really deserve a president like issayas
Zeresenay
thank you brother we need people like you.thank you again

ps could you please study the brain of kibrom and al mariam pleeeeeeeeeeeease
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 11:47

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msg Comment from: Alula [Visitor]
Kibrom,

You sir are an idiot and that is understatement. You must be from Eritrea because it is hard to find people with so much ignorance elsewhere in the world.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 12:14

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msg Comment from: straight shooter [Visitor]
ከሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ:
ከምስራቅ ኢትዮጵያ ጭጋግ:
ከጥቁ አሞራ የአኤድስ በሽታ:
ከጨለማው አውሎ ነፋስ:
ከሰላምና ከዳቦ ረሀብ: አቤቱ አድነን::

ክፉውን መልካም: መልካሙን ክፉ ለሚሉ:
ጨለማዉን ብርሃን: ብርሃኑን ጨለማ ለሚሉ:
ጣፋቹን መራራ: መራራዉን ጣፋች ለሚያደርጉ ሰዎች ወየዉላቸው:: ለሃሰተኞች የመከራ ቀን ነውና ... በአራት አቅጣቻ እሳትና ጭጋግ ይሆናል... ንስሓ ግቡ::

ከኢትዮጵያ ሀገራችሁ የወጣችሁ ወየውላችሁ:
የቀን ጅብ በላችሁ: ዋይ ዋይ አያላችሁ አልቅሱ::

በምአራብ ጎርፍ: በምስራቅ እሳት: በሰሜን ነፋስ:
በደቡብ ጢንዚዛ ይነሳልና ጸልዩ::

- ልሳነ ኢትዮጵያ
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msg Comment from: wondi [Visitor]
Kibrom,

Little knowledge is dangerous. Before you spit out try to learn. Then, I am sure you can sawllow the unnecessary comment you made. This way you will stop making you next error that sun revolves around the earth.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 12:39

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msg Comment from: School of Ras! [Visitor]
Please feed 11m of those who are going
to join their ancestors if we don’t do anything soon.

School of Ras!
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 12:57

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msg Comment from: leba [Visitor]
kibrom, you must be an ignorent banda.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 13:12

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msg Comment from: selam [Visitor]
kibrom
please let me know what you studid that makes you tobold to put dowen some oneprofestion.after all nothing is or was acomplish without knowing what hapend the past.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 13:31

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msg Comment from: Weyane [Visitor]
"Chanchom Gebeya"
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 13:45

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msg Comment from: mimi [Visitor]
We are proud of you. I saw the documetnary in PBS, I was very impressed.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 14:52

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msg Comment from: mimi [Visitor]
am very proud of you
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 14:54

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msg Comment from: Wolyta [Visitor]
So, my uncle discovered hundreds and thousands of human fossils in Ethiopians killed in the name of politics the passed 30yrs. Is he a scientist too? Just curious!
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 15:26

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msg Comment from: BETI [Visitor]
U ARE the best.continue to be the best in the world.i read few negative comments .this world there is always opposite view for evey good things but those are empty vessels makes high sounds
finally u gay go on ur research others shout like teeth less dogs.
KIBROM who comment badly may be has
genetics of parrot
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 15:36

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msg Comment from: fano [Visitor]
some of Ethiopian people still living in dinozaur era. And the never get out from there, becouse they do noy want. I was last time in Kualalumpu and I get one Ethiopian guy living in one room , one television and one radio. He tald me will never back to ethiopia. What a guy.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 16:29

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msg Comment from: belachew [Visitor]
i think what we need now is researech for better life for future not wating time studing about past that doesn`t bering any change in our life which western tring to fool us.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 17:58

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msg Comment from: danil [Visitor]
kibrom you
are bastard. I think are garbege.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 18:13

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msg Comment from: mekdi [Visitor]
WAKEEE UPPPPP You Idiots here is a great Ethiopian Scientist who is doing an incredible Job and all you can do is sit on your ass and bluffing Keep your fukin POLITICS , RACE to your self This is SCIENCE which am sure you don't know anything about...... Our country is so tired of you little minded people GET YOUR STUPID ASS UP and try to do something for your country....
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msg Comment from: mekdi [Visitor]
ANBESA Zeray, You make Ethiopia and all Ethiopians proud. I watched the documentary, I am VERY IMPRESSED. We need more people like you. Thank you
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 18:51

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msg Comment from: tess [Visitor]
they insult you because you are tigraway but think how you are far from them. I am with you forget them trashily.
PermalinkPermalink 11/05/09 @ 23:32

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msg Comment from: solomon [Visitor]
no wunder.how many peaple like kibrom siting on their mind and shitting
PermalinkPermalink 11/06/09 @ 00:44

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msg Comment from: Extraterrestrial [Visitor]
A great man and a great achievement.
PermalinkPermalink 11/06/09 @ 03:12

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msg Comment from: Pistachio took pinochio not why? [Visitor]
tADDIA WHY DOES MY WONDERFULL 'ENJERA ABAT' WALK LIKE HOMO-ERUCTUS? NO POON INTENDED. hE IS NOT A NUTCRACKER WOUND.

eNJERABAT/bLACKFORESTABAT,vERSAVERSAE.;D
:crazy: I say Pistachio you say bastachio lets call the whole thing off.:roll:
PermalinkPermalink 11/06/09 @ 08:44

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msg Comment from: Habesha [Visitor]
Kibrom:
It is so sad to see individuals like you who have no respect for modern science, and yet depend on it for for almost every activity of your daily life. Lets not be denial brother.
PermalinkPermalink 11/06/09 @ 15:22

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msg Comment from: kebede [Visitor]
Echi! I hate all your comments and tierd of it
PermalinkPermalink 11/06/09 @ 15:38

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msg Comment from: 1 Selam [Visitor]
Why this blog is always insulting individual idea or comment, why most of us are aggressive to replay to kibrom comment instead of focusing the highly educated scientist and his achievement.
I personally proud of you brother
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msg Comment from: kebede tamrou [Visitor]
Kibrom
I think you are not well cultivated that's why you are behaving like worebella.
sorry for those who're using the blog for insulting each other.
Zeresenay,even his name is sacred.
félicitations zeresenay en tant qu'éthiopien je suis fier de ton travail remarquable.
Congra
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msg Comment from: Degu [Visitor]
Kibrom
Lol you make me laugh at you and at what you said lol. Every profession needs hard work. To do that you have to put aside you young age and all your fun time to change your life and people around you which is youself. When this guy became famous, here the name of Ethiopia also become famous. If you are Eritrean then he just represent the whole Africa and east african people. Anegagerh biyasekegnem I still have very big respect for any educated individual person. Even it just activate myself to be educated.
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msg Comment from: Zenda [Visitor]
Kibrom and Zeresenay are two Ethiopians divided by an ocean of knowledge and decency. Kibrom represents the hateful, depressed, unhappy, uneducated politcian wannabe diasporas. They are engaed in manual labours or unemployment which has scard them to think positively to anyone succesful than them. On the other hand you have people like Zeresenay who are intelegent and confident who knows that their achievements are a pride of the world. Kibrom knows that too. That is the sad part. Knowing that you can never achiev the standard of those you hated. For me the opposition parties of Ethiopia (like Ginbot7) are full of people like Kibrom, usless, uneducated, clueless haters. Good luck with your parkinglot jobs.
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msg Comment from: Ethiopian [Visitor]
Kibrom,

I would be very upset if an Ethiopian had written this. Anyway, this shows how disresptfull you're to your own people. It doesn't matter whether you're an Eritrean. By the way, don't you've a small space that of your. I mean, let Ethiopians chat on this spce if you don't mind.
see you not again here.
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msg Comment from: kibrom [Visitor]
ok a bunch of zingero wanna be, would you tell me what is the use of this skeleton for us, if it is useful, espesially for ethiopia, o God ethiopia can be a prosperous country. By the way what zeresenaye did was he look around for bones he got luckey, since ethiopia has bones buried every where, then become a scientist, give me a break that is luck, it is not discovery, it is not creating something out of nothing.
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msg Comment from: Yergish [Visitor]
Dr. Zeresenay what an achievement to your self and your country Ethiopia. We are proud of you and keep doing the good job. Any one can comment, but he/she needs to know the subject matter and the hard work to reach here with the top scientists around the world to say or criticize the years of hard-work research. Some individuals may think the achievement is personal, but believe me you a role model and you open the door to the young Ethiopians. They will think and say nothing is POSSIBLE.
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