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Employment (3)

Arizona State University: Tempe, AZ, US

2021-07-01 to present | Director/Professor (Institute of Human Origins)
Employment
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Cleveland Museum of Natural History: Cleveland, OH, US

2002-06-03 to 2021-06-30 | Curator/Head (Physical Anthropology)
Employment
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

National Museum of Ethiopia: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ET

1982-07-01 to 1992-07-31 | Curator (Paleoanthropology Laboratory)
Employment
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Education and qualifications (3)

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

1995-08-19 to 2001-04-20 | PhD (Integrative Biology)
Education
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

1992-08-24 to 1995-05-16 | MA (Anthropology)
Education
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Addis Ababa University: Addis Ababa, ET

1978-09-10 to 1982-06-30 | BA (History)
Education
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Professional activities (9)

Palaeontological Scientific Trust: Johannesburg, ZA

2017 to present | Scientific Advisory member
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Ko-K-Yo Foundation: Cleveland, Ohio, US

2016-08 to present | Founder/Board President
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

American Association of Physical Anthropologists: Evanston, Illinois, US

2015 to present | Regular
Membership
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: Bethesda, MD, US

2002 to present
Service
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Paleoanthropology Society, USA: Washington D.C., US

2002 to present | Member
Membership
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Case Western Reserve University: Cleveland, Ohio, US

2017 to 2021 | Adjunct Professor (Biology)
Invited position
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Case Western Reserve University: Cleveland, Ohio, US

2003-08 to 2021 | Adjunct Professor (Anthropology)
Invited position
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Ethiopian Academy of Sciences: Addis Ababa, ET

2014 | Associate Fellow
Distinction
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

American Association For The Advancement of Science: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2007 | Fellow
Distinction
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Funding (16)

Disentangling the Drivers of human Evolution: Tectonics, climate and habitat

2021-08 to 2024-07 | Grant
W. M. Keck Foundation (Los Angeles, California, US)
Source: Self-asserted source
Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Reconstructing paleoecology for critical transitions in hominin evolution

2021-08 to 2023-02 | Grant
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2051213

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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Middle Pliocene hominin diversity and the origin of Homo

2019-07 to 2019-12 | Grant
Palaeontological Scientific Trust (Johannesburg, South Africa, ZA)
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Middle Pliocene hominin diversity and the origin of Homo

2019-01 to 2019-12 | Grant
Leakey Foundation (San Francisco, California, US)
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

The paleobiology and paleoecology of KSD-VP-1/1

2012-07 to 2012-12 | Grant
Leakey Foundation (San Francisco, California, US)
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Collaborative Research: Pliocene Geology, Geochronology, and Paleontology of Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia

2011-09 to present | Grant
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

BCS-1124705

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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Curation and Analysis of Hominins from Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia

2008-07 to 2008-12 | Grant
Leakey Foundation (San Francisco, California, US)
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Continuation of Excavation of a hominin partial skeleton

2008-01 to 2008-12 | Grant
National Geographic Society (D.C., D.C., US)
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Curation of fossil hominins in Ethiopia

2007-07 to 2007-12 | Grant
Leakey Foundation (San Francisco, California, US)
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Geology and Paleontology of the Woranso-Mille, Afar, Ethiopia

2006-05 to 2006-12 | Grant
National Science Foundation USA (VA, VA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

BCS-0542037

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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Excavation of a 4-million-year-old partial hominid skeleton from Woranso-Mille, Central Afar, Ethiopia

2005-01 to 2005-12 | Grant
Leakey Foundation (San Francisco, California, US)
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Excavation of a 4-million-year-old partial hominid skeleton from Woranso-Mille, Central Afar, Ethiopia

2005-01 to 2005-12 | Grant
Wenner-Gren Foundation (NY, NY, US)
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Geology and Paleontology of the Woranso-Mille, Central Afar Rift, Ethiopia

2004-07 to 2004-12 | Grant
Leakey Foundation (San Francisco, California, US)
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Geology and Paleontology of Woranso-Mille, Central Afar, Ethiopia

2004-01 to 2004-12 | Grant
Wenner-Gren Foundation (New York, New York, US)
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

HIGH RISK RESEARCH: Paleoanthropological Survey and Exploration of North and Central Afar Rift, Ethiopia

2003-02 to present | Grant
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

BCS-0234320

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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Paleoanthropological survey and exploration of north and central Afar Rift, Ethiopia

2002-01 to 2002-12 | Grant
Leakey Foundation (San Francisco, California, US)
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Works (43)

Comparative description and taxonomic affinity of 3.7-million-year-old hominin mandibles from Woranso-Mille (Ethiopia)

Journal of Human Evolution
2022-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0047-2484
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Beverly Z. Saylor; Mulugeta Alene; Alan Deino; Luis Gibert; Gary T. Schwartz
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Mosaic habitats at Woranso-Mille (Ethiopia) during the Pliocene and implications for Australopithecus paleoecology and taxonomic diversity

Journal of Human Evolution
2022-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Denise F. Su; Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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From Trees to the Ground: The Significance of <i>Australopithecus anamensis</i> in Human Evolution

Journal of Anthropological Research
2021-12-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0091-7710
Part of ISSN: 2153-3806
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Source: Self-asserted source
Yohannes Haile-Selassie

New Pliocene hominin remains from the Leado Dido’a area of Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia

Journal of Human Evolution
2021-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0047-2484
Contributors: Stephanie Melillo; Luis Gibert; Beverly Z. Saylor; Alan Deino; Mulugeta Alene; Timothy M. Ryan; Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

A 3.8-million-year-old hominin cranium from Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia

Nature
2019-09-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Stephanie M. Melillo; Antonino Vazzana; Stefano Benazzi; Timothy M. Ryan
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Age and context of mid-Pliocene hominin cranium from Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia

Nature
2019-09-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
Contributors: Beverly Z. Saylor; Luis Gibert; Alan Deino; Mulugeta Alene; Naomi E. Levin; Stephanie M. Melillo; Mark D. Peaple; Sarah J. Feakins; Benjamin Bourel; Doris Barboni et al.
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Comparative description and taxonomy of new hominin juvenile mandibles from the Pliocene of Woranso-Mille (Central Afar, Ethiopia)

Journal of Human Evolution
2019-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Timothy M. Ryan
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Newly Discovered Crania of Nyanzachoerus jaegeri (Tetraconodontinae, Suidae, Mammalia) from the Woranso-Mille (Ethiopia) and Reappraisal of Its Generic Status

Journal of Mammalian Evolution
2019-06-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Hailay G. Reda; Ignacio A. Lazagabaster; Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Dentognathic remains of Australopithecus afarensis from Nefuraytu (Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia): Comparative description, geology, and paleoecological context

Journal of Human Evolution
2016-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Stephanie M. Melillo; Timothy M. Ryan; Naomi E. Levin; Beverly Z. Saylor; Alan Deino; Ronald Mundil; Gary Scott; Mulugeta Alene; Luis Gibert
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Paleoecological reconstruction of hominin-bearing middle Pliocene localities at Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia

Journal of Human Evolution
2016-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0047-2484
Contributors: Sabrina Curran; Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

The Pliocene hominin diversity conundrum: Do more fossils mean less clarity?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2016-06-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Stephanie M. Melillo; Denise F. Su
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Tephrostratigraphy of the Waki-Mille area of the Woranso-Mille paleoanthropological research project, Afar, Ethiopia

Journal of Human Evolution
2016-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0047-2484
Contributors: Beverly Z. Saylor; Joshua Angelini; Alan Deino; Mulugeta Alene; John H. Fournelle; Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Introduction to KSD-VP-1/1: The Earliest Adult Partial Skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis

The Postcranial Anatomy of Australopithecus afarensis
2015 | Other
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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The Pelvic Girdle and Limb Bones of KSD-VP-1/1

The Postcranial Anatomy of Australopithecus afarensis
2015 | Other
Contributors: C. Owen Lovejoy; Bruce M. Latimer; Linda Spurlock; Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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The Thoracic Cage of KSD-VP-1/1

The Postcranial Anatomy of Australopithecus afarensis
2015 | Other
Contributors: Bruce M. Latimer; C. Owen Lovejoy; Linda Spurlock; Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Dietary change among hominins and cercopithecids in Ethiopia during the early Pliocene

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2015-10-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
Contributors: Naomi E. Levin; Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Stephen R. Frost; Beverly Z. Saylor
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

New species from Ethiopia further expands Middle Pliocene hominin diversity

Nature
2015-05-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Luis Gibert; Stephanie M. Melillo; Timothy M. Ryan; Mulugeta Alene; Alan Deino; Naomi E. Levin; Gary Scott; Beverly Z. Saylor
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

A critical review of African species of<i>Eucyon</i>(Mammalia; Carnivora; Canidae), with a new species from the Pliocene of the Woranso-Mille Area, Afar Region, Ethiopia

Papers in Palaeontology
2015-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2056-2802
Contributors: Lars Werdelin; Margaret E. Lewis; Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Early Pliocene Cercopithecidae from Woranso-Mille (Central Afar, Ethiopia) and the origins of the Theropithecus oswaldi lineage

Journal of Human Evolution
2014-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0047-2484
Contributors: Stephen R. Frost; Nina G. Jablonski; Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Mid-Pliocene Carnivora from the Woranso-Mille Area, Afar Region, Ethiopia

Journal of Mammalian Evolution
2014-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1064-7554
Part of ISSN: 1573-7055
Contributors: Lars Werdelin; Margaret E. Lewis; Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

A new species of Kolpochoerus (Mammalia: Suidae) from the Pliocene of Central Afar, Ethiopia: Its Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Relationships

Journal of Mammalian Evolution
2013-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1064-7554
Part of ISSN: 1573-7055
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Scott W. Simpson
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A new hominin foot from Ethiopia shows multiple Pliocene bipedal adaptations

Nature
2012-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Beverly Z. Saylor; Alan Deino; Naomi E. Levin; Mulugeta Alene; Bruce M. Latimer
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A New Assemblage of Mid-Pliocene Proboscideans from the Woranso-Mille Area, Afar Region, Ethiopia: Taxonomic, Evolutionary, and Paleoecological Considerations

Journal of Mammalian Evolution
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: William J. Sanders; Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Phylogeny of early<i>Australopithecus</i>: new fossil evidence from the Woranso-Mille (central Afar, Ethiopia)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2010-10-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0962-8436
Part of ISSN: 1471-2970
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

An early <i>Australopithecus afarensis</i> postcranium from Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2010-07-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Bruce M. Latimer; Mulugeta Alene; Alan L. Deino; Luis Gibert; Stephanie M. Melillo; Beverly Z. Saylor; Gary R. Scott; C. Owen Lovejoy
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

40Ar/39Ar dating, paleomagnetism, and tephrochemistry of Pliocene strata of the hominid-bearing Woranso-Mille area, west-central Afar Rift, Ethiopia

Journal of Human Evolution
2010-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0047-2484
Contributors: Alan L. Deino; Gary R. Scott; Beverly Saylor; Mulugeta Alene; Joshua D. Angelini; Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

A partial distal humerus from the Middle Pleistocene deposits at Bodo, Middle Awash, Ethiopia

Anthropological Science
2009 | Journal article
Contributors: JOSÉ MIGUEL CARRETERO; YOHANNES HAILE–SELASSIE; LAURA RODRIGUEZ; JUAN LUIS ARSUAGA
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New hominid fossils from Woranso-Mille (Central Afar, Ethiopia) and taxonomy of early Australopithecus

American Journal of Physical Anthropology
2009 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0002-9483
Part of ISSN: 1096-8644
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Beverly Z. Saylor; Alan Deino; Mulugeta Alene; Bruce M. Latimer
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

<i>Ardipithecus ramidus</i> and the Paleobiology of Early Hominids

Science
2009-10-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0036-8075
Part of ISSN: 1095-9203
Contributors: Tim D. White; Berhane Asfaw; Yonas Beyene; Yohannes Haile-Selassie; C. Owen Lovejoy; Gen Suwa; Giday WoldeGabriel
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Macrovertebrate Paleontology and the Pliocene Habitat of <i>Ardipithecus ramidus</i>

Science
2009-10-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0036-8075
Part of ISSN: 1095-9203
Contributors: Tim D. White; Stanley H. Ambrose; Gen Suwa; Denise F. Su; David DeGusta; Raymond L. Bernor; Jean-Renaud Boisserie; Michel Brunet; Eric Delson; Stephen Frost et al.
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Ardipithecus kadabbaLate Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia

2009-06 | Book
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Giday Wolde Gabriel
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Biochronology, Faunal Turnover, and Evolution

Ardipithecus kadabbaLate Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia
2009-06 | Other
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Tim White; Raymond L. Bernor; Lorenzo Rook; Elisabeth S. Vrba
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Stratigraphy of the Adu-Asa Formation

Ardipithecus kadabbaLate Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia
2009-06 | Other
Contributors: Giday Woldegabriel; William K. Hart; Paul R. Renne; Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Tim White
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Suidae

Ardipithecus kadabbaLate Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia
2009-06 | Other
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Volcanic Record of the Adu-Asa Formation

Ardipithecus kadabbaLate Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia
2009-06 | Other
Contributors: William K. Hart; Giday Woldegabriel; Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Paul R. Renne
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New observations on the Late Miocene–Early Pliocene Lutrinae (Mustelidae: Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Middle Awash, Afar Rift, Ethiopia

Comptes Rendus Palevol
2008-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1631-0683
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Preliminary geology and paleontology of new hominid-bearing Pliocene localities in the central Afar region of Ethiopia

Anthropological Science
2007 | Journal article
Contributors: YOHANNES HAILE-SELASSIE; ALAN DEINO; BEVERLY SAYLOR; MOHAMMED UMER; BRUCE LATIMER
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Asa Issie, Aramis and the origin of Australopithecus

Nature
2006-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
Contributors: Tim D. White; Giday WoldeGabriel; Berhane Asfaw; Stan Ambrose; Yonas Beyene; Raymond L. Bernor; Jean-Renaud Boisserie; Brian Currie; Henry Gilbert; Yohannes Haile-Selassie et al.
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Mio-Pliocene mammals from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia

Geobios
2004-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-6995
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Giday Woldegabriel; Tim D White; Raymond L Bernor; David Degusta; Paul R Renne; William K Hart; Elisabeth Vrba; Ambrose Stanley; F.C Howell
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Late Miocene Teeth from Middle Awash, Ethiopia, and Early Hominid Dental Evolution

Science
2004-03-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0036-8075
Part of ISSN: 1095-9203
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Gen Suwa; Tim D. White
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Hominid cranial remains from upper pleistocene deposits at Aduma, Middle Awash, Ethiopia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology
2004-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0002-9483
Part of ISSN: 1096-8644
Contributors: Y. Haile-Selassie; B. Asfaw; T.D. White
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Geology and palaeontology of the Late Miocene Middle Awash valley, Afar rift, Ethiopia

Nature
2001-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
Contributors: Giday WoldeGabriel; Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Paul R. Renne; William K. Hart; Stanley H. Ambrose; Berhane Asfaw; Grant Heiken; Tim White
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Late Miocene hominids from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia

Nature
2001-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
Contributors: Yohannes Haile-Selassie
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Yohannes Haile-Selassie