Woranso-Mille Project: Yohannes Haile-Selassie

February 16, 2007
View photos from the field. This research was financially supported by the National Science Foundation, The Leakey Foundation, The Wenner-Gren Foundation, and The National Geographic Society.

			From 2003-2005, the Woranso-Mille project in the Mille district of the Afar Regional State of Ethiopia recovered about 1,000 fossil specimens of various animals from sediments between 3.5 million and 4 million years old. Among these are early human ancestor fossils, including a partial skeleton of an adult individual, that are believed to shed light on a period of human evolution that was previously little documented. These photos are all from 2006 field research.
	Project participant and famous hominid fossil finder Alemayehu Asfaw discovered a hominid lower jaw on February 9, 2006. Photo by Yohannes Haile-Selassie.		Excavation of the 2005 partial skeleton resumed during the 2006 field season.  More bone fragments were recovered from this excavation. February 12, 2006. Photo by Yohannes Haile-Selassie.
	Dirt picking operation at the partial skeleton site. February 16, 2006. Photo by Yohannes Haile-Selassie.		Sieving operation at the partial skeleton site. February 16, 2006. Photo by Yohannes Haile-Selassie.
	Survey at Mesgid Dora locality. This locality yielded a partial lower jaw found by Alemayehu Asfaw. Photo by Yohannes Haile-Selassie.		Field crew surface scraping the site of the lower jaw discovery made by Alemayehu Asfaw. Photo by Yohannes Haile-Selassie.