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Olduvai Gorge Rock formation at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Paranthropus boisei skull OH 24 “Twiggy” fossil lower jaw of Homo habilis Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania African elephants
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Rock formation at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
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Paranthropus boisei skull
Reconstructed replica of “Nutcracker Man,” a 1.75-million-year-old Paranthropus...
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OH 24 “Twiggy” fossil
Replica of “Twiggy,” a reconstructed Homo habilis skull found in 1968 at...
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lower jaw of Homo habilis
Lower jaw of OH 7, a specimen found in 1960 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, and identified...
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Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, where Mary Leakey found the skull of Paranthropus...
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African elephants
African elephants in the area surrounding Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
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