February 13th is Celebration of Oldupai Gorge Day!!!"Olduvai Gorge is a site in Tanzania that holds the earliest evidence of the existence of human ancestors. Paleoanthropologists have found hundreds of fossilized bones and stone tools in the area dating back millions of years, leading them to conclude that humans evolved in Africa. Olduvai is a misspelling of Oldupai, a Maasai word for a wild sisal plant that grows in the area. The gorge is located in the Great Rift Valley, between the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti National Park. It is 30 miles from Laetoli, another fossil-rich area. Olduvai Gorge was formed about 30,000 years ago, the result of aggressive geological activity and streams." Thank you to all of the scientist and archaeologists that have worked and still are working here to uncover the past to teach us about the ancestors of humanity!!!! Please click the link below and learn more about Oldupai Gorge. :-)
http://www.livescience.com/40455-olduvai-gorge.html
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