Lower Valley of the Omo

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region · Ethiopia

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Best time to go: June–October
Budget: $
Coordinates: Open in maps

Near the shores of Lake Turkana in southern Ethiopia, the Omo's lower reaches have given up fossils that sit at the foundation of the study of human origins. Discoveries here — among them remains attributed to early Homo — proved crucial to tracing the deep chronology of our lineage, making this remote valley a name known to palaeontologists worldwide. UNESCO inscribed the Lower Valley of the Omo as a World Heritage Site in 1980.

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