Olduvai Gorge
a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
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How to use Olduvai Gorge in a sentence
The discoveries at Olduvai Gorge kicked off a fossil gold rush in Africa.
The ultimate genealogical search hunts for our earliest ancestors | Erin Wayman | December 2, 2021 | Science News For StudentsBased on that brain size and details of its hand, the Leakeys argued that this species had made the tools found at Olduvai Gorge.
The ultimate genealogical search hunts for our earliest ancestors | Erin Wayman | December 2, 2021 | Science News For StudentsWhile Broom was scouring South Africa in the 1930s, the Leakeys began exploring Olduvai Gorge in what is now Tanzania.
Fossils and ancient DNA paint a vibrant picture of human origins | Erin Wayman | September 15, 2021 | Science NewsStill, the discoveries at Olduvai Gorge kicked off a paleo-anthropological gold rush in Africa.
Fossils and ancient DNA paint a vibrant picture of human origins | Erin Wayman | September 15, 2021 | Science NewsAnd, as new research conducted at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge reveals, this adaptability was already apparent millions of years ago.
Scientist findings in Tanzania show how ancient humans used tools 2 million years ago | Julio Mercader Florin | January 17, 2021 | Quartz
British Dictionary definitions for Olduvai Gorge
/ (ˈɒldʊˌvaɪ) /
a gorge in N Tanzania, north of the Ngorongoro Crater: fossil evidence of early man and other closely related species, together with artefacts
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Cultural definitions for Olduvai Gorge
[ (ohl-duh-veye, awl-duh-veye) ]
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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