Overview of Ewass Oldupa in Olduvai (Oldupai) Gorge, Tanzania (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Overview of Ewass Oldupa in Olduvai (Oldupai) Gorge, Tanzania

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Olduvai (now Oldupai) Gorge, known as the Cradle of Humankind, is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Tanzania. New interdisciplinary field work has led to the discovery of the oldest archaeological site in Oldupai Gorge, which shows that early human used a wide diversity of habitats amidst environmental changes across a 200,000 year-long period.

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Michael Petraglia

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