Giday WoldeGabriel explained

Giday WoldeGabriel is an Ethiopian geologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, who co-discovered human skeletal remains at Herto Bouri, Ethiopia, now classified as Homo sapiens idaltu.^[1]

Life

He graduated from Case Western Reserve University.^[2]

An extinct species of prehistoric horse, Eurygnathohippus woldegabrieli, was named in his honor.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Graham, Sarah. Skulls of Oldest Homo sapiens Recovered, Scientific American, June 12, 2003.
2. Web site: This week Distinuished Speaker Dr. Giday Woldegabriel links geophysical processes and human origins.. ees.natsci.msu.edu. en. 2019-10-17. January 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210127235218/https://ees.natsci.msu.edu/news/this-week-distinuished-speaker-dr-giday-woldegabriel-links-geophysical-processes-and-human-origins/. dead.
3. News: New Species of Horse, 4.4 Million Years Old . ScienceDaily . December 12, 2013 . December 12, 2013 .