Olduvai Gorge: Quick Facts

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Rock formation at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

Paranthropus boisei skull

OH 24 “Twiggy” fossil

lower jaw of Homo habilis

Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

African elephants

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