Instantly , Alemseged realized this was an extraordinary discovery that could make scientific history . Ethiopian Zeray Alemseged discovered the fossil known as `` the world 's oldest child '' The skeletal remains belonged to a three-year-old girl who died 3.3 million years ago . A team of scientists from the University of Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne have found that this young woman was buried with her mother at an early age, which means she could Today Alemseged is the director of anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences .
Ethiopian Zeray Alemseged discovered the fossil known as `` the world 's oldest child '' The skeletal remains belonged to a three-year-old girl who died 3.3 million years ago . A team of scientists from the University of Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne have found that this young woman was buried with her mother at an early age, which means she could Today Alemseged is the director of anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences .