New fossil humanoid found in Ethiopia

New fossil humanoid found in Ethiopia


Now and then they find new fossils, most of the time in the Afar region. This time it seems to be a rather complete skull of an infant humanoid that died 3.5 million years ago. No I am not going to say that such an announcement is to divert from political problems or to upheaval the successes of the ruling vote thieves. In a sense we may be proud that Ethiopia is indeed the cradle of mankind, although it is not our achievement.

Just when I saw the documentary I wondered why the media are able to explain in detail about things that happened millions of years ago, on the basis of a few fossilized bones, and the present situation is almost completely ignored, or misunderstood. The dictatorship in Zimbabwe or that in Bella Rus, at least as evil as the Ethiopian rulers, still get full attention. When are serious journalists going to wonder why millions of dollars of foreign tax money is spent on a problem of two quarreling nephews, apparently about a village with less than fifty houses. Which by the way can be moved a couple of miles, the US offered. Probably a good negotiator could include a new swimming pool with it.

You might also wonder why flower growers and other commercial farmers from Europe and Israel are able to produce worth millions of roses and other crops, while the millions invested by NGO's in the rural areas have made no significant difference. And believe me that floods or droughts has got nothing to do with it. Probably the best result that NGO's never mention is that the local Toyota Landcruiser dealer employs many people. (Moenco is btw a foreign company).

So while the vote thieves are gathered in Mekele the BBC went to Afar to film a crew of scientists that found a remarkable skull more then one year ago. The EPRDF conference is just not interesting enough. Maybe they are right. Nothing much new can be expected from it. Just the old rhetoric and promises that they never keep. Even if they decide something smart or intelligent, chances are very great that next week the Crime Minister's Office, read the Gang, decides differently.