Olduvai Gorge
CountryTanzania
Depth90 m
Length48 km
TypeRiver gorge
About Olduvai Gorge
One of the most important paleoanthropological sites on Earth, on the edge of the Serengeti. Louis and Mary Leakey worked here for decades. Mary Leakey found the Paranthropus boisei skull nicknamed Nutcracker Man in 1959. Fossils of Homo habilis were later found here. Oldowan stone tools are named after the gorge. It lies within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
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