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Lower Valley of the Omo

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Rank: 1001 UNESCO
Wonder Type: Cultural
Country: Ethiopia
Best of: Fossils
Description:
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. [More Details]
This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Lower Valley of the Omo", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.