states: [ethiopia]
category: cultural
year: 1980
location: Southern Nation Nationalities & Peoples Region
region: Africa
latitude/longitude: 4.8000000000, 35.9666666700
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.
Copyright © 1992 - 2024 UNESCO/World Heritage Centre. All rights reserved.