article_snippet: Honestly, it was an exciting moment," Seyoum said, according to a news release from Arizona State University.
article_snippet: I had good experience in field surveying and knew where potential sediments are.
article_snippet: I climbed up a little plateau and found this specimen right on the edge of the hill.
article_snippet: This is a little piece of the puzzle that opens the door to new types of questions and field investigations that we can go after to try to find additional evidence to fill in this poorly known time period.
article_snippet: Reed, said the discovery was the result of years of searching in the area.
article_snippet: Instead, we were rewarded with a much more exciting discovery," Reed said.
article_snippet: Researchers are still working to determine what it ate and whether it used stone tools.