Ethiopia: Archaeologists Discover Eight Million Year Mammal Fossils in Ethiopia

This first discovered fossils in sub-Sahara, known as chororapithecus afarensis, would give an insight into the scientific debate on the evolution of human beings.

The Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritages announced recently that Ethiopian and Japaneses researches have discovered fossils of ape and other mammals ancestors aged eight million years in Mi'esso District, West Hararge Zone of Oromia State.

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