Scientists Discover Skull of Human Ancestor in Ethiopia

Scientists in Ethiopia have discovered the cranuim of a human ancestor estimated to be Middle Pleistocene in age. The new hominid was discovered at Gawis, in the Gona Paleoanthropological Research Project study area in Afar Region. The discovery was reported by Sileshi Semaw, Director of the Gona Project, who is based at the Stone Age Institute and Indiana University's CRAFT Research Center, USA. Eskinder Ferew reports from Addis Ababa in Amharic.