Physical Anthropology Publications

(Over 100 citations in the Science Citation Index)

(In Preparation): Haile-Selassie, Y. and WoldeGabriel, G. (Eds.). Ardipithecus kadabba: Timing and the Paleoenvironment. The University of California Press. Berkeley.
2006: White, T. D., WoldeGabriel, G., Asfaw, B., Ambrose, S., Beyene, Y., Bernor, R. L., Boisserie, J-R., Currie, B., Gilbert, H., Haile-Selassie, Y., Hart, W. K., Hlusko, L. J., Howell, F. C., Kono, R. T., Lehmann, T., Louchart, A., Lovejoy, C. O., Renne, P. R., Saegusa, H., Vrba, E. S., Wesselman, H. and Suwa, G. Asa Issie, Aramis and the Origin of Australopithecus. Nature, 440:883-889.

2006: Vrba, E. S. and Haile-Selassie, Y. A new antelope Zephyreduncinus oundagaisus (Reduncini, Artiodactyla, Bovidae) from the late Miocene of the Middle Awash, Afar Rift, Ethiopia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26(1):213-218.

2005:  Bernor, R. L., Scott, R. S. Haile-Selassie, Y. A contribution to the evolutionary history of Ethiopian hipparionine horses (Mammalia, Equidae): morphometric evidence from the postcranial skeleton. Geodiversitas, 27(1):133-158.

2004: Haile-Selassie, Y., Hlusko, L. J., Howell, F. C. A new species of Plesiogulo (Mustelidae, Carnivora) from the Late Miocene of Africa. Paleontologia Africana, 40:85-88.

2004:  Howell F. C., White T.D., Begun D. R., Chaimanee Y., de Lumley M. A., Gingerich P. D., Groves C., Gulec E., Haile-Selassie Y., Hlusko L., Jaeger J. J., Kelley L., Kohler M., Liu W., Lordkipanidze D., Lovejoy C. O., Martin L. B., McCrossin M. L., Moggi-Cecchi J., Moya-Sola S., Rook L., Smith P., Suwa G., Teaford M., Tobias P. V., Walker A., Walker P., and Ward S. Geological issues in the Djourab. South African Journal of Science 100:446.

2004:  Haile-Selassie, Y., WoldeGabriel, G., White, T. D., Bernor, R. L., Degusta, D., Renne, P. R., Hart, W. K., Ambrose, S., Vrba, E., and Howell, F. C. Mio-Pliocene Mammals from the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Geobios. 37:536-552.
2004:  Haile-Selassie, Y., Suwa, G., and White, T. D. Late Miocene Teeth from Middle Awash, Ethiopia, and Early Hominid Dental Evolution. Science, 303:1503-1505.
2004:  Haile-Selassie, Y., White, T. D. and Asfaw, B. Hominid Cranial Remains from the Upper Pleistocene Deposits at Aduma, Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Am. J. Phys. Anthrop. 123:1-10.

2001:  Haile-Selassie, Y. Late Miocene hominids from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Nature, 412, 178-181.

2001:  WoldeGabriel, G., Haile-Selassie, Y., Renne, P.R., Hart, W.K.,    Ambrose, S.H., Asfaw, B., Heiken, G., and White, T.D. Geology and palaeontology of the Late Miocene Middle Awash valley, Afar rift, Ethiopia. Nature, 412, 175-178.

2001:  Haile-Selassie, Y. Photos may offer clues over Ethiopian fossil site. Nature. 412:118. 

1994:  Clark, J.D., deHeinzelin, J., Schick, K., Hart, W., White, T.D., WoldeGabriel,
G., Walter, R.C., Suwa, G., Asfaw, B., Vrba, E., and H.-Selassie, Y. African Homo erectus: Old Radiometric Dates and Young Oldowan Assemblages in the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Science, 264:1907-1910.

1990: Haile-Selassie, Y., Hagos, T. and Hundie, G. An overview of the Stone Age sites of Gadeb, Melka Konture and Beseka: Ethiopia.  In: R. Pankhrust, A. Zekaria and T. Beyene, Eds., Proceedings of the First National Conference of Ethiopian Studies. pp.273-287. Institute of Ethiopian Studies. Addis Ababa University.

Thesis

2001: Haile-Selassie, Y. 2001. Late Miocene Mammalian Fauna from the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Ph.D. Thesis. University of California, Berkeley. 425pp.

Meeting Abstracts

2006: Y. Haile-Selassie and Faysal Bibi. Bovinae (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from Mio-Pliocene Deposits of the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. 66th Annual Meeting, October 18 - 21, 2006, Marriott Ottawa/The Crowne Plaza Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

2006: Y. Haile-Selassie and B. Latimer. Paleontological Survey and Exploration of the Mille-Chifra-Kasagita Triangle, Central Afar, Ethiopia (2003-2005). “Lucy, 30 Years Later”. June 12-14, 2006 at CEREGE, Europôle de l'Arbois, Aix en Provence, France.

2004: Y. Haile-Selassie. Suid Paleogeographic Connections between Eurasia and Africa in the Late Miocene. Abstract. 32nd International Geological Congress. Florence,  Italy, 2004.

2004: Y. Haile-Selassie, R. L. Bernor, B. I. Shundong, and T. D. White. Late Miocene Mammalian Fauna from the Middle Awash Valley of Ethiopia and Its Paleobiogeographic Relationships with Eurasia. Abstract. 32nd International Geological Congress. Florence,  Italy, 2004.

2003: Ambrose, S. H.,  WoldeGabriel, G.,  Haile-Selassie,  Y. and White, T. (Abstract) Determining early hominid habitats in the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia, using paleosol stable isotopes. Paleoanthropology Society Annual Meeting. Tempe, Arizona. Published online at http://www.paleoanthro.org/abst2003.htm

2003: Haile-Selassie, Y. (Abstract). A Late Miocene Hominid from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia, and Its Relationship with Contemporary Hominoid Taxa. Paleoanthropology Society Annual Meeting. Tempe, Arizona. Published online at http://www.paleoanthro.org/abst2003.htm (2003)

2000:  Haile-Selassie, Y. and Asfaw, B. A newly discovered Early Pliocene hominid bearing paleontological site in the Mulu Basin, Ethiopia. Am. J. Phys. Anthrop., Supplement 30:170.

1998: Haile-Selassie, Y. Middle Stone Age hominids from the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Abstracts of Contributions to the Dual Congress 1998, Sun City, South Africa. p. 93.

1997: Asfaw, B., Assebework, T., Beyene, Y., Clark, J.D., Curtis, G., de Heinzelin, J., Haile-Selassie, Y., Renne, P., Schick, K., Suwa, G., Vrba, E., White, T.D., WoldeGabriel, G. and Zeleke, Y.  Fossil hominids, fauna and artifacts from Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Am. J. Phys. Anthrop., Supplement 24: 69.

1994:  Haile-Selassie, Y. and Suwa, G.  A New Hominid from Konso-Gardula, Southern Ethiopia: Homo habilis or Homo erectus? Am. J. Phys.Anthrop., Supplement 18: 100.