Excavation in the upper deposits at Ewass Oldupa (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Excavation in the upper deposits at Ewass Oldupa

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The excavations uncovered the oldest Oldowan stone tools ever found at Oldupai Gorge, dating to ~2 million years ago. Excavations in long sequences of stratified sediments and dated volcanic horizons indicated hominin presence at Ewass Oldupai from 2.0 to 1.8 million years ago.

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Michael Petraglia

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