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Lower Valley of the Omo

Ethiopia
Date of Inscription: 1980
Criteria: (iii)(iv)
Southern Nation Nationalities & Peoples Region
N4 48 E35 58
Ref: 17

Brief Description

A prehistoric site near Lake Turkana, the lower valley of the Omo is renowned the world over. The discovery of many fossils there, especially Homo gracilis, has been of fundamental importance in the study of human evolution.