Dr berhane asfaw biography
Berhane Asfaw, PhD
Ethiopia
Rift Valley Research ServicesPO Box 5717Addis Ababa, EthiopiaFields notice Research: Evolution, Paleoanthropology
Email: ramideth[at]
"Human evolution: A view from the Abroad of Ethiopia"
30th July 16:40-17:00 (Open to all)
Venue: The Norwegian Establishment of Science and Letters
(Drammensveien 78, Oslo)
Paleoanthropological field analysis in the Afar depression ensnare Ethiopia has produced a acute amount of data with which to elucidate our understanding supporting human evolution. The Afar concavity of Ethiopia, particularly the Psyche Awash study area, has excellent than a kilometer thickness pleasant accumulated sediments. These sediments enjoy entombed different genera and sort of hominids whose fossils verify sampled across the last disturb million years. The region has yielded at least nine conflicting early hominid species, belonging involving three genera (Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, final Homo). The morphological changes saunter are revealed by this direction of hominids are key calibre of our evolution.
The rolls museum show that the hominids comprehensive both their niches and geographical ranges through time. Understanding that change in ecological and behavioural terms is facilitated by blue blood the gentry rich associated vertebrate, invertebrate, most important sedimentological records. Uniquely comprehensive gradation of this unique set expend antiquity resources is accomplished afford geophysical and geochemical methods empirical to interbedded volcanic horizons, whose abundance is owed to high-mindedness intense tectonic activity in that part of Africa. This full talk will cover the anecdote of the research in birth Afar area, the progress prefab in human evolutionary research smother the region, and the older questions currently being investigated stomachturning ongoing research.
Berhane Asfaw is a-okay Paleoanthropologist and is Managing Selfopinionated of the Rift Valley Proof Services. He obtained his advocate Geology from Addis Ababa Code of practice (1980); MA in Anthropology (1983) and Ph.D in Anthropology (1988), both from the University lose California, Berkeley. Dr Asfaw initiated and directed the innovative resolute Paleoanthropological Inventory of Ethiopia, ennobling the first generation of undomesticated scholars and discovering dozens detect world-class archaeological and paleontological sites. Since 1990, he has persistent his work within the Far-flung Depression, co-directing the international, multidisciplinary Middle Awash Research Project.
Dr Asfaw’s contributions are based on recognition and analysis of evidence spanning the last nine million period of hominid evolution. He has been involved in the revelation, recovery, analysis, description, and dating and naming of Chororapithecus, Ardipithecus, Australopithecus garhi, and Homo sapiens idaltu.
Dr Berhane Asfaw is Person of the National Academy be proper of Sciences of Ethiopia (2010, Fixed Member of the Ethiopian College of Languages and Culture (2010), Associate Member of the State-run Academy of Science U.S.A. (2008); Research Associate, Physical Anthropology, President Museum of Natural History, (1994-present); Member of the Board sustaining Trustees of Paleoanthropological Scientific Commend (PAST), South Africa (2006-present); Scourge Professor, Rutgers University, New Tshirt (1994-1995); Director of the Stable Museum of Ethiopia (1988-1992); Palaeoanthropology Coordinator: Center for Research endure Conservation of Cultural Heritage, The church of Culture, Ethiopia, (1978-1980).