Olduvai Gorge

American  

[awl-doo-vahy] / ˈɔl dʊˌvaɪ /

noun

1. a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.

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Olduvai Gorge British  

/ ˈɒldʊˌvaɪ /

noun

1. a gorge in N Tanzania, north of the Ngorongoro Crater: fossil evidence of early man and other closely related species, together with artefacts

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Olduvai Gorge Cultural  

1. A deep ravine in Tanzania famous for the fossils of ancestors of humans found there by Louis and Mary Leakey.

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Olduvai Gorge

For example, Olduvai Gorge Bed in Tanzania has been described as freshwater woodland and grassland, while the Upper Bed reflects drier woodlands and marshy areas.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2026

He hired her as a secretary and soon had her helping him and his wife, Mary, dig for fossils at Olduvai Gorge, a famous site in the Serengeti Plains in what is now northern Tanzania.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025

The Olduvai Gorge, an important anthropological region of early human evolution, is found in which African country?

From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2024

Their discoveries of skulls and other remains in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge helped prove that human life first emerged in Africa.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2022

In 1957, Olduvai Gorge, which is now famous, was known to very few white people.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall