Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Yohannes Haile-Selassie Ambaye
Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Born
Yohannes Haile Selassie

(1961-02-23) 23 February 1961 (age 63)[1]
NationalityEthiopian
Alma mater
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsArcheology
Institutions
ThesisLate Miocene Mammalian Fauna from the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia (2001)
Doctoral advisorTim D. White

Yohannes Haile-Selassie Ambaye (born 23 February 1961) is an Ethiopian paleoanthropologist. An authority on pre-Homo sapiens hominids, he particularly focuses his attention on the East African Rift and Middle Awash valleys.[2] He was curator of Physical Anthropology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History from 2002 until 2021, and now is serving as the director of the Arizona State University Institute of Human Origins. Since founding the institute in 1981, he has been the third director after Donald Johanson and William Kimbel.[3]

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  3. ^ "Leading paleoanthropologist to helm Institute of Human Origins | Institute of Human Origins". iho.asu.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-04-20.