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When and where was Lucy found?
Archeologists discover three medieval towns
"..The remains of mosques, residential areas and city walls, and buildings with walls several meters high stud the sites of the medieval towns of Asbari, Masal and Nora." More
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1.2 million years old Homo Erectus pelvis found in Ethiopia " The fossilized pelvis of a Homo erectus woman who lived 1.2 million years ago on the banks of an Ethiopian river has been discovered..More
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Humans 80,000 Years Older Than Previously Thought?
Dec.3 ( National Geographic ) - Modern humans may have evolved
more than 80,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a
new study of sophisticated stone tools found in Ethiopia. More
Country's Pre-historic Fossils in Millennium Exhibition Debut
Aug.8 (All Africa) - " Ethiopia is the only country in the world which
possesses 12 categories of the 14 key species of fossil remains
spanning the entire timeline of human evolution." More
Out of Africa, not once but twice
"Modern humans are thought to have left Africa in a wave of migration
around 50,000 years ago. But another smaller group, possibly a
different subspecies, left the continent 50,000 years earlier,..... More
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Ancient caves discovered in Keffa
"Nine ancient caves were recently discovered in Telo Woreda, Keffa Zone of the South Ethiopia Peoples' State, the Woreda information . More
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Fossils belong to new great ape
22 August 2007 ( BBC ) - Nine fossilised
teeth found in Ethiopia are from a
previously unknown species of great
ape, Nature journal reports.
The 10 million-year-old fossils belong to
an animal that has been named.....More
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Ethiopia sends 'Lucy' to the US
Addis Ababa - Ethiopia hopes to attract more tourists by sending "Lucy," a celebrated 3,2 million-year-old female hominid skeleton, to....More
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Oldest Pre-Human Revealed
1 October, 2009 (David Perlman) - "Ardi's full
name, Ardipithecus ramidus uses traditional
Greek suffixes but precedes them with words in
the local Afar language: Ardi means "ground"
and ramid means "root," so together her name
literally means "root of the ground ape."
The scientists describing their discoveries over
many expeditions said they....More
Ethiopia, Destination For The Bold
10 Dec. 2009 (Peter Heinlein) -
"Discoveries are a regular
occurence here. A few kilometers
outside Harar, a guide leads
visitors up a mountainside to a
cave chiseled by the Harla people
who lived here for centuries. He
splashes water on the outside
wall, and it seems to come..More
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