Why Olduvai? It’s clear, then, that Olduvai Gorge is a priceless resource for the study of humanity’s origins. But what about it makes this place so rich in history?

The gorge in northern Tanzania has yielded many of the oldest fossils of humankind, shedding new light on our ancient ancestors.

Twenty-seven standardized bone tools dating back more than 1.5 million years were recently discovered in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania by a team of scientists from the CNRS and l'Université de ...

Either of two fossil hominids known to have lived at Olduvai Gorge around 1.5 million years ago — a possible direct human ancestor called Homo erectus or a side-branch species dubbed ...

A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge site pushes back the date for ancient bone tool use by around 1 million years.

In Olduvai Gorge, archaeologists have discovered a range of bone tools thought to have been made and used by an ancestral human species of hominid called Homo habilis 1.5 million years ago.

They were discovered in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. It's a steep-sided ravine in the Great Rift Valley, and contains evidence of very early human occupation.

The Olduvai Gorge sits in the Great Rift Valley between the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti National Park. It is close to another fossil-rich enclave, Laetoli.

This fossil femur from Olduvai confirms that the larger or robust australopithecines lived in both East and South Africa during the Pleistocene. This specimen and femora from Swartkrans in South ...

Why Olduvai? It’s clear, then, that Olduvai Gorge is a priceless resource for the study of humanity’s origins. But what about it makes this place so rich in history?