What is the significance of the Olduvai Gorge to anthropologists?

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Answer 1

"Examples of at least three species of hominids have been found at Olduvai, including Australopithecus boisei, Homo habilis, and Homo erectus. In addition, the two earliest stone tool traditions, Oldowan and Acheulian (see Paleolithic period), have been found along with fossil remains. Both the fossils and the tools have been important lines of evidence in understanding human evolution."

The Leakey's were a famous husband and wife archaeological team who were the first to officially explore the region in Tanzania.

Answer 2

In 1959 Mary Leakey discovered there fossils of Paranthropus boisei (one of the early hominins, dated to be around 2 millions years old).

The geological Bed I and Lower Bed II are dated to be 1.9- 1.5 million years old, and so it produces amazing amounts of fossils of our possible ancestors.