Olduvai Gorge

Olduvai Gorge is an archeological site within Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Situated on a series of fault lines, centuries of erosion have revealed fossils and remnants of early mankind. As early as 1911, a German professor found some fossil bones while looking for butterflies in Olduvai Gorge. In a later expedition, the Leakeys collected skull fragments and then a skull and bones that are approximately 2 million years old. Tools and hunting weapons from 1 to 1.5 million years ago were also discovered in Olduvai Gorge. Another exciting find were the famous footprints of a man, woman and child at Laetoli, near Olduvai. Old campsites, a possible butchery site, as well as a loosely built circle of lava rocks suggest crude shelters. Hunting