Author:Prof Diego
I have stayed at Ethiopia between 1 Jul 2010 and 19 Mar 2012 as a Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer to teach basic science to local kids.
It is very famous that we can meet "Lucy", who is the oldest ancestor of human being. Lucy is strictly not our direct ancestor, but very close to human being.
I was very excited to see her.
一方,自然博物館はアジスアベバ大学の理学部附属。
Natural museum belongs to Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa Univ.
There is few explanation but many specimen which are categolized as a group; for example, insect, fish, bird or mammal.
Unfortunately I couldn't enter the herbarium section because of lack of time. My major was forest ecology, especially of bamboo, therefore I am interested in botany.
When I studied and researched in northern Thailand, one American taxonomy researcher, who knew many kinds of trees in northern Thailand, helped my research.
I am looking forward to encounter such like that in Ethiopia.