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Zeresenay Alemseged procura as raízes da humanidade.

Filmed Jun 2007 • Posted Sep 2007TEDGlobal 2007
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O paleontropologo Zeresenay Alemseged procura pelas raízes da humanidade nas terras desérticas da Etiópia. Aqui ele fala sobre sua descoberta do mais antigo esqueleto de criança humanóide -- e como a África possui as pistas de nossa humanidade.

Zeresenay "Zeray" Alemseged digs in the Ethiopian desert, looking for the earliest signs of humanity. His most exciting find: the 3.3-million-year-old bones of Selam, a 3-year-old hominid child, from the species Australopithecus afarensis. Full bio »

Translated into Portuguese, Brazilian by Antonio de Lira
Reviewed by Denise Bem David
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