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Olduvai Gorge - Site of the Day

By , About.com GuideJuly 23, 2007

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Olduvai Gorge, a nine-mile long trench located in the Rift Valley of Tanzania, eastern Africa, is one of the most important archaeological regions in the world
Rift Valley, Tanzania
Rift Valley, Tanzania
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for understanding human evolution.

Discovered in the 1950s by Louis and Mary Leakey, Olduvai holds numerous archaeological sites, representing visits from numerous kinds of our human ancestors spanning nearly 2 million years, but I'm afraid you're just going to have to click on through to read any more.....

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