Lower Valley of the Omo World Heritage Site

Official name

Lower Valley of the Omo | UNESCO

Country

Ethiopia | Map

Continent

Africa

Location

Southern Nation Nationalities & Peoples Region
4.8000° Lat, 35.9666° Lon | Map

Code

17

Time Zone

Africa/Addis_Ababa (EAT, +0300)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1980. A prehistoric site near Lake Turkana, the lower valley of the Omo is renowned the world over. The discovery of many fossils there, especially Homo gracilis , has been of fundamental importance in the study of human evolution.