Re: Dig at Danakil?

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In article <5ah971$or1@news.bu.edu>, Nicholas Rosen <ndrosen@bu.edu> wrote:

>Hello. Just my annual reminder. I'm offering $50 to any qualified
>paleo-anthropologist who's digging for the fossils of possible acquatic
>apes in the Danakil Alps or Eritrea. Does anyone know of a current or
>prospective expedition there, so I can kick in my small contribution?

>From http://www.mhcollege.com/social/anth/news3.htm:

NEW FOSSIL SITE FOUND IN ERITREA, EAST AFRICA

In the January 5, 1996 issue of Science, a report of a new region
containing hominid fossils was found. The location is in the Danakil
Desert of Eritrea, located north of Ethiopia about 500 kilometers (311
miles) north of Hadar. In December a team of Eritrean and Italian
paleontologists recovered several fossils that are believed to date to
around 2 million years B.P. Although the finds have not yet been
described, they are thought to belong to an early species of Homo.

Reference: V. Morell, "New Skull Turns Up in Northeast Africa," Science,
271 (1996), 32.

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Jim (Chris) Foley,                 jim.foley@symbios.com

Assoc. Prof. of Omphalic Envy      Research interest:

Department of Anthropology         Primitive hominids

University of Ediacara             (Australopithecus creationistii)

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