Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Director and Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University

Yohannes Haile-Selassie: ‘For a long time, African scholars weren’t part of telling the human story.’ Seth Wenig/AP/Alamy

November 21, 2024

Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy, it’s time to ‘decolonise paleoanthropology’ says leading Ethiopian fossil expert – podcast

Gemma Ware, The Conversation and Mike Herd, The Conversation

Yohannes Haile-Selassie is responsible for some of the most remarkable ancient human fossil discoveries in his home country.

Yohannes Haile-Selassie working in the fossil-rich Afar region of northern Ethiopia.

November 21, 2024

‘Deep inside, something told me I had found the earliest human ancestor; I went numb’ – Yohannes Haile‑Selassie on his lifetime quest to discover ancient humanity

Mike Herd, The Conversation

On the 50th anniversary of the discovery of ancient hominin Lucy, a leading Ethiopian scientist on why we need to ‘decolonise’ paleo research – and what it’s like to find the oldest human ancestor.

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