Olduvai Gorge

[ awl-doo-vahy ]

noun
  1. a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.

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British Dictionary definitions for Olduvai Gorge

Olduvai Gorge

/ (ˈɒldʊˌvaɪ) /


noun
  1. 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

Olduvai Gorge

[ (ohl-duh-veye, awl-duh-veye) ]


A deep ravine in Tanzania famous for the fossils of ancestors of humans found there by Louis and Mary Leakey.

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