License: Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 source: UNESCO/CPE Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 source: UNESCO/CPE Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 source: UNESCO/CPE Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 source: UNESCO/CPE Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 source: NFUAJ Source: unesco.nl - Source and License:

Lower Valley of the Awash

The Awash valley contains one of the most important groupings of palaeontological sites on the African continent. The remains found at the site, the oldest of which date back at least 4 million years, provide evidence of human evolution which has modified our conception of the history of humankind. The most spectacular discovery came in 1974, when 52 fragments of a skeleton enabled the famous Lucy to be reconstructed.

Further reading



ID: 67c7017ec4b8b9e7af4fdb9f

Slug: whc-lower-valley-of-the-awash

relatedTo:

isChildOf:


Location:



Created At: Tue Jan 21 2025 17:40:57 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time)

Updated At: Sun May 17 2026 12:03:14 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)

Created By:

Version: 1

Status: test_v1