Olduvai Gorge Discovery

The Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge in Tanzania is one of the most important paleoanthropological localities in the world; the many sites exposed by the gorge have proven invaluable in furthering understanding of early human evolution. A steep-sided ravine in the Great Rift Valley that stretches across East Africa, it is about 48 km long, and is located in …
The Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge in Tanzania is one of the most important paleoanthropological localities in the world; the many sites exposed by the gorge have proven invaluable in furthering understanding of early human evolution. A steep-sided ravine in the Great Rift Valley that stretches across East Africa, it is about 48 km long, and is located in the eastern Serengeti Plains within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the Olbalbal ward located in Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region, about 45 kilometres from Laetoli, another important archaeological locality of early human occupation. The British/Kenyan paleoanthropologist-archeologist team of Mary and Louis Leakey established excavation and research programs at Olduvai Gorge that achieved great advances in human knowledge. The site is registered as one of the National Historic Sites of Tanzania.
  • Location: Ngorongoro District · Arusha Region · Tanzania
  • Region: Eastern Africa
  • Length: 48km
  • Excavation dates: 1913, 1935, 1941 · 1953, 1955, 1958 & 1960
  • Archaeologists: Wilhelm Kattwinkel, Louis Leakey · Mary Leakey, Percy Edward Kent & Jonathan Leakey
  • Condition: Excavated
  • Ownership: Tanzanian Government
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