Hominid find

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Ethiopian fossil is oldest modern human
Print media contact: Robert Sanders phone: 510-643-6998 email: rls@pa.urel.berkeley.edu	Broadcast media contact: Julie Huang phone: 510-642-6051 email: jch@pa.urel.berkeley.edu

Press release: 160,000-year-old fossilized skulls uncovered in Ethiopia are oldest anatomically modern humans

Press backgrounder: Extensive background information on the discovery

Media can preview the available B-roll below. Contact Julie Huang to obtain Beta dubs:

The Herto adult cranium (11 seconds)
Dr. Berhane Asfaw's soundbite: Asfaw says find is proof of theory that modern humans arose in Africa and were living in Africa around 160,000 years with full-fledged human features; and that we can conclusively say that Neaderthals went extinct and were not the descendants of modern humans (1:27 minutes)
Closeup of adult and child's cranium (34 seconds)
Child's cranial pieces before and after being fit back togther (27 seconds)
The discovery site of child's cranium (33 seconds)
Excavation of Herto hippopatamus site (with nat sound) (40 seconds)
Overburden (surface) removal (with nat sound) (58 seconds)
Laboratory work: adult cranium in plaster jacket (13 seconds)
Professor Tim White cleans cranium (26 seconds)
Lab excavation of adult cranium (43 seconds)
Dr. Berhane Asfaw joins pieces of child's cranium (16 seconds)
Dr. Yonas Beyene soundbite explaining use of cutting tools on animals (45 seconds)
Herto handaxes (35 seconds)
Herto flake tools (1:23 minutes)
The tape in its entirety (10:18)

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