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 Today . Alemseged , who made the discovery in Ethiopia in 3.3 million years ago , named the fossil Ethiopian Zeray . Today Alemseged is the director of anthropology at Alemseged .
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 . Alemseged , who made the discovery in Ethiopia in 2000 , named the fossil Selam . Today Alemseged is the director of anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences .