an array of artifacts found there has given researchers incredible insights into the evolution of humankind. Below are eight facts about Olduvai Gorge and our ancient ancestors who made it their home.

The Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania has a geology that fossil-hunters love. A river cuts through several layers of strata with four distinct beds. Bed I, the oldest, is about 2 million years old.

Her specialty was in the early Stone Age and she was expert at drawing early tools and other artifacts. Louis and Mary met on a dig in England, and both worked briefly at the Olduvai Gorge before ...

Olduvai stone chopping tool (made 1.8 million years ago) found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, East Africa. Perhaps the best thing of all about being Director of the British Museum, and one that still ...