I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes define explore human
Selam is our most complete skeleton of a three-year-old girl who lived and died 3.3 million years ago. She belongs to the species known as Australopithecus afarensis. Zeresenay Alemseged afarensisagoaustralopithecus Change image and share on social
I learned that the first technology appeared in the form of stone tools, 2.6 million years ago. First entertainment comes evidence from flutes that are 35,000 years old. And evidence for first design comes 75,000 years old - beads. And you can do the same with your genes and track them back in time. Zeresenay Alemseged 000agoappear share on social
I went to start the first Ethiopian-led project in paleoanthropology, ever. Doing that was not easy. Zeresenay Alemseged easyethiopianlead Change image and share on social
I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making. Guy Pearce explorationfilmform Change image and share on social
We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!' Neil deGrasse Tyson createdefinedefinition Change image and share on social
If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years. Robert Ballard annualbudgetcompare Change image and share on social