Ethiopian Gallery

Ardipithecus ramidus landscape

Ardipithecus ramidus landscape. Artwork of Ardipithecus ramidus male and female hominids (right) climbing a fallen branch and standing in an African forest during the Pliocene. A. ramidus is one of several extinct hominid species that form part of the human evolutionary tree. It lived around 4.4 million years ago. The first fossil of A. ramidus, Ardi (1994), was found at the Aramis site in Ethiopia's Afar depression. The animals are elephants, antelope, warthog, and leopard. For a similar scene, see C015/5359

© MAURICIO ANTON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

A Tigray woman has a cross of the Ethiopian Orthodox

A Tigray woman has a cross of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church tattooed on her forehead while two silver crosses hang round her neck. The people living in the highlands of Northern Ethiopia are deeply religious. They believe in the single divine nature

© Nigel Pavitt

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Mursi tribe

Africa, Ethiopia, Debub Omo Zone, woman of the Mursi tribe. A nomadic cattle herder ethnic group located in Southern Ethiopia, close to the Sudanese border. Two Mursi men with bodypaint

© Gilad Flesch 2010

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