Selam
- Date
- 2000 · confidence high
- Place
- Dikika, Afar Region, Ethiopia
- Credited to
- Zeresenay Alemseged
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Nearly complete fossilized skeleton of a three-year-old Australopithecus afarensis infant, found at Dikika (Ethiopia) and dated to 3.3 million years ago; discovered by Zeresenay Alemseged.
What it led to
- Studies of childhood development in Australopithecus
- Comparison with the "Lucy" skeleton
- Advances in the paleoanthropology of the Afar region