Lower Valley of the Omo
Fossil-rich beds near Lake Turkana documenting almost four million years of hominin evolution, including some of the earliest remains attributed to Homo sapiens.
Located inBena Tsemay woreda · South Omo zone · South Ethiopia
Categorycultural
Inscribed1980
Where it sits in Ethiopia
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