Record No. MRB-2026-005983

Cradle of Mankind - Landmark Human Origins Site

Science & Technology
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Olduvai Gorge
Tanzania
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Science & Technology
Country
Tanzania ( TZ )
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Record Description

Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania has yielded some of the world's most important early hominin fossils, including archaeologist Mary Leakey's 1959 discovery of a roughly 1.75-million-year-old hominin skull. The site's finds have made it one of the most significant locations in the world for studying human evolution.
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