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lower valley of the omo


states: [ethiopia]

category: cultural

year: 1980

location: Southern Nation Nationalities & Peoples Region

region: Africa

latitude/longitude: 4.8000000000, 35.9666666700

Lower Valley Of The Omo

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.

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