Lower Valley of the Omo

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region · Ethiopia

Lower Valley of the Omo, Ethiopia
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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.

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