Important Archeological Discovery by Azrieli Researcher Dr. Alon Barash

The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine woke to a barrage of press coverage following the publication of an important archeological finding in Scientific Reports by an international team led by Azrieli's Dr. Alon Barash, Prof. Ella Been of Ono Academic College, Prof. Miriam Belmaker of the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Omry Barzilai of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Examining the fossil, a 1.5 million year old bone, and the second-oldest hominin fossil to be found outside Israel, the researchers have been able to scientifically explain the nature of human migration from Africa.

Read more in Haaretz here and here, in ynet here, in the Jerusalem post here, and in walla here. In addition, a news item and interview on Israel's Kan 11 TV channel can be seen here.