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Look up olduvai in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Olduvai may refer to: Olduvai Gorge Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge Olduvai Gorge Museum Olduvai Hominid
Olduvai
National Historic Site of Tanzania
The Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge is a paleoanthropological site in northern Tanzania. Many sites exposed by the gorge have proven invaluable in furthering
Olduvai_Gorge
British archaeologist and naturalist (1903–1972)
that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge with his wife, fellow palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey. Having established
Louis_Leakey
Protein domain implicated in human brain evolution
The Olduvai domain, known until 2018 as DUF1220 (domain of unknown function 1220) and the NBPF repeat, is a protein domain that shows a striking human
Olduvai_domain
Archaic human species from 2.4 to 1.65 mya
(mya)—were discovered in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, in 1960 by Jonathan Leakey, with other native Africans who dug into Olduvai Gorge, and who worked for
Homo_habilis
British paleoanthropologist (1913–1996)
Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, eastern Africa. For much of her career she worked with her husband, Louis Leakey, at Olduvai Gorge, where they
Mary_Leakey
Extinct species of archaic human
discovered across Africa, the first being Kenyan archeologist Louis Leakey's Olduvai Hominin 9 in 1960. As the human fossil record expanded, the "Out of Africa"
Homo_erectus
Protected area and a World Heritage Site in Arusha Region, Tanzania
wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, and other animals. The NCA also contains Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world
Ngorongoro_Conservation_Area
Hominin fossil
Olduvai Hominid number 9 (OH 9), known as the Chellean Man, is a fossilized skull cap of an early hominin, found in LLK II, Olduvai Gorge by Louis S.
Chellean_Man
Archaeological culture
Oldowan and Acheulean tools). The term Oldowan is taken from the site of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where the first Oldowan stone tools were discovered
Oldowan
Extinct species of hominin of East Africa
specimen, OH 5, was discovered by palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey in 1959 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania and described by her husband Louis a month later. It was
Paranthropus_boisei
Hominin fossil
OH 7 (Olduvai Hominid № 7), also nicknamed "Johnny's Child", is the type specimen of Homo habilis. The fossils were discovered on 4 November 1960 in Olduvai
OH_7
Species of flowering plant
(Oman and Saudi Arabia). It occurs notably in proliferation along the Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania. Dracaena hanningtonii bears its leaves in two
Dracaena_hanningtonii
Fossilized hominid
Olduvai Hominid number 8 (OH 8) is a fossilized foot of an early hominin found in Olduvai Gorge by Louis Leakey in the early 1960s. Kidd et al. (1996)
Olduvai_Hominid_8
Novella by Mike Resnick
"Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" is a science fiction novella by American writer Mike Resnick, originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science
Seven_Views_of_Olduvai_Gorge
Museum in Tanzania
The Olduvai Gorge Museum (Swahili: Makumbusho ya Bonde la Oltupai) is located in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Northern Tanzania on the edge of
Olduvai_Gorge_Museum
Prehistoric period before metal tools
analysis of Early Stone Age tools, to be included in her 1971 contribution to Olduvai Gorge, "Excavations in Beds I and II, 1960–1963." However, although the
Stone_Age
Topics referred to by the same term
possess a hydroxy functional group OH, prefix of hominid fossils found at Olduvai Gorge OH, designation in the Unified Soil Classification System for organic-rich
Oh
Extinct species of buffalo
and Early Pleistocene. Fossils of this species were first found in the Olduvai Gorge in 1962, and it was described in 1978. S. acoelotus was larger than
Syncerus_acoelotus
Contested extinct genus of hominins
be very distinct. In 1959, P. boisei was discovered by Mary Leakey at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania (specimen OH 5). Her husband Louis named it Zinjanthropus
Paranthropus
City in Arusha Region, Tanzania
National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Mount Meru in the
Arusha
Extinct species of reptile
comprises a skull and partial skeleton. All specimens were discovered in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, in two different rock formations dating to 1.845 and 1
Crocodylus_anthropophagus
American geologist
famous work was as the principal geologist working with Mary Leakey at Olduvai Gorge, the site of many important hominid finds in the study of human evolution
Richard_L._Hay_(geologist)
Germany from his 1913 Olduvai expedition as stone tools. The same year, Louis Leakey found older, more primitive stone tools in Olduvai Gorge. These were
History_of_Tanzania
Fossil species of cheetah
of felid belonging to the cheetah genus Acinonyx. It has been found in Olduvai, Tanzania and in cave sites in South Africa.[citation needed] It was described
Acinonyx_intermedius
Country in East Africa
A 1.8-million-year-old stone chopping tool discovered at Olduvai Gorge and on display at the British Museum
Tanzania
Extinct species of antelope
cranial fragments from Olduvai Gorge to Phenacotragus. Alan William Gentry later wrote about gazelle material recovered from Olduvai, assigning several skull
Antidorcas_recki
Homo habilis fossil
OH 24 (Olduvai Hominid No. 24) or Twiggy is a fossilized skull of the species Homo habilis. It was discovered in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Peter Nzube
OH_24
important archaeological excavations and their scientific interpretation: The Olduvai Gorge is one of the most important paleoanthropological localities in the
Culture_of_Tanzania
Extinct species of elephant
species. The species was initially named from specimens found at Bed IV in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Wilhelm Otto Dietrich in 1915, originally as a subspecies
Palaeoloxodon_recki
2023 novella by T. Kingfisher
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
Thornhedge
Extinct genus of cattle
type species is Pelorovis oldowayensis, from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, though two others, P. turkanensis and P. howelli, are
Pelorovis
Large cat native to Africa and India
early Pliocene. The earliest fossils recognisable as lions were found at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania and are estimated to be up to 2 million years old. Lions
Lion
National museum in London, England
BC – c. 2000 BC) Palaeolithic material from across Africa, particularly Olduvai, Kalambo Falls, Olorgesailie and Cape Flats, (1.8 million BC onwards) One
British_Museum
Deep chasm between cliffs
significance. Evidence of archaic humans has been discovered in Africa's Olduvai Gorge. In the southwestern United States, canyons are important archeologically
Canyon
Genus of hominins
Homo erectus s.l. (2.6) Stw53 (†1.9) (2.3) Turkana (†1.53) Dmanisi (†1.77) Olduvai Hominids (†1.47) (2.0) Homo naledi (†0.33) (1.8) Homo floresiensis (†0
Homo
Asteroid
the Afar Triangle in Ethiopia, and the larger lobe is named Olduvai Lobus, after Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. The neck connecting the two lobes is named
52246_Donaldjohanson
Extinct species of mammal
Turkana Basin suggests a high consumption of C4 plants. For specimens from Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, dental microwear suggests a mixed feeding diet (including
Hippopotamus_gorgops
Italian science communicator
in various places in the world, among which Zaire, Ishango, Tanzania, Olduvai, Laetoli, Oman, Mongolia, and the Gobi Desert.[citation needed] In 1988
Alberto_Angela
Earliest subdivision of the Quaternary Period
of the Gelasian is magnetostratigraphically defined as the end of the Olduvai (C2n) chronozone, and faunally as the extinction level of the calcareous
Gelasian
English author and journalist (1903–1950)
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
George_Orwell
Extinct species of bovid
Taurotragus arkelli was first described L.S.B. Leakey in 1965 from the Olduvai Gorge (Bed IV) in Tanzania. The material assigned to the species consists
Taurotragus_arkelli
Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birutė Galdikas
noted British paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey, Louis sent Goodall to Olduvai Gorge, where he confessed his plans. The funds had to be found first. In
The_Trimates
Subdivision of the Pleistocene Epoch
hence is defined as: Just above top of magnetic polarity chronozone C2n (Olduvai) and the extinction level of calcareous nannofossil Discoaster brouweri
Calabrian_stage
American author (born 1949)
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
Harry_Turtledove
Novella: Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress 1995/1994 Novella: Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick 2002/2001 Novella: The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson
List of joint winners of the Hugo and Nebula awards
List_of_joint_winners_of_the_Hugo_and_Nebula_awards
2023 real time strategy video game
bring to Otago. Harper traces the origin of the Xenomorph containers to Olduvai, Lethe's main Trimonite refinery. In its mines, they encounter Guardians:
Aliens:_Dark_Descent
Type of stone tool
5 million years ago. These earliest known specimens were found in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania by Louis Leakey in the 1930s. The name Oldowan was given
Chopper_(archaeology)
Extinct genus of mammals
Press, ISBN 978-0-226-07089-6 Hopwood, 1934 : New fossil Mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika Territory. Annals & Magazine of Natural History Series, vol
Parmularius
Type of wedge tool
Oldowan, in Southern Ethiopia around 1.4 mya, and in 1.2 mya deposits in Olduvai Gorge. Stone axes made with ground cutting edges were first developed sometime
Axe
Species of carnivorous mammal
genus forms a clade with Prototocyon, an extinct genus of canid. In the Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, fossils of the related extinct fox species first considered
Bat-eared_fox
Cave in Gauteng, South Africa
period between 2.0 and 1.5 million years ago when this occurred was the Olduvai sub-Chron between 1.95 and 1.78 million years ago, and so in 2010 the fossil
Malapa Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind
Malapa_Fossil_Site,_Cradle_of_Humankind
Order of mammals
evidence exists of antelope being used for food 2 million years ago in the Olduvai Gorge, part of the Great Rift Valley. Cro-Magnons relied heavily on reindeer
Artiodactyla
Subtribe of bovines consisting of the true buffalo
Pérez-Claros, Maria Rita Palombo, Lorenzo Rook, and Paul Palmqvist: The Olduvai buffalo Pelorovis and the origin of Bos. Quaternary Research Volume 68
Bubalina
Landlocked country in West Africa
Geographic, September 2008. Oliver, Roland (1999), The African Experience: From Olduvai Gorge to the 21st Century (Series: History of Civilization), London: Phoenix
Niger
National Historic Site of Tanzania
The site of the Laetoli footprints (Site G) is located 45 km south of Olduvai Gorge. The location and tracks were discovered by archaeologist Mary Leakey
Laetoli
Geographical region in Tanzania
Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which contains Ngorongoro Crater and the Olduvai Gorge, where some of the oldest hominin fossils have been found. In 1993
Serengeti
Short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
The_Girl_Who_Was_Plugged_In
2016 novella by Seanan McGuire
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
Every_Heart_a_Doorway
Species of extinct reptile
crocodilian predation is known from bite marks on hominin bones from the Olduvai Gorge, and these marks were likely made by the closely related crocodile
Crocodylus_thorbjarnarsoni
Active volcano in Arusha Region, Tanzania
northeast and Ketumbeine southeast of Ol Doinyo Lengai; further away are the Olduvai Gorge to the west and Kilimanjaro mountain east of the volcano. Most of
Ol_Doinyo_Lengai
1943 novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
The_Little_Prince
English writer (born 1960)
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
Neil_Gaiman
German neurologist and paleontologist (1866–1935)
was particularly known for the discovery of the fossil deposit in the Olduvai Gorge, which in the following years delivered many findings of hominins
Wilhelm_Kattwinkel
English zoologist (1934–2025)
and wife, the palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey, Louis sent Goodall to Olduvai Gorge in Tanganyika (later part of Tanzania), where he laid out his plans
Jane_Goodall
Uprising in the south and east of German East Africa, 1905–1907
History of Tanzania Timeline Pre-colonial period Oldowan stone tool culture Olduvai Gorge Laetoli footprints Mumba Cave hunter-gatherers Cushitic expansion
Maji_Maji_Rebellion
German geologist
1913, he was the first to discover an ancient skeleton of a human in the Olduvai Gorge, in what is now Tanzania. The fossil elephant Palaeoloxodon recki
Hans_Reck
Family of large reptilian carnivores
Cherin, Marco (2021). "A new cranium of Crocodylus anthropophagus from Olduvai Gorge, northern Tanzania". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Crocodile
American science fiction writer and editor (1942–2020)
Short Story 1991: "The Manamouki" for Best Novelette 1995: "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" for Best Novella 1998: "The 43 Antarean Dynasties" for Best Short
Mike_Resnick
Tanzania MH – Malapa Hominin, South Africa NG – Ngandong, Indonesia OH – Olduvai Hominid, Tanzania SK – Swartkrans, South Africa Sts, Stw – Sterkfontein
List of human evolution fossils
List_of_human_evolution_fossils
Kenyan conservationist (1944–2022)
Coryndon Museum, and Mary Leakey, director of the Leakey excavations at Olduvai, and his two brothers, Jonathan and Philip. The Leakey brothers had a very
Richard_Leakey
Nigerian American writer of science fiction and fantasy (born 1974)
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
Nnedi_Okorafor
American science-fiction writer
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
Becky_Chambers
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
George_R._R._Martin
Continental flood basalts and oceanic plateaus
Brunhes–Matuyama reversal (778.7 ± 1.9) Jaramillo reversal (1.07) Calabrian 1.806* Olduvai reversal Gelasian 2.588* Chilcotin Plateau Basalts Ice age Gauss-Matuyama
List of flood basalt provinces
List_of_flood_basalt_provinces
1945 political allegorical novella by George Orwell
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
Animal_Farm
Study of ancient humans
social unrest brewing in China, beginning in 1966, and major discoveries at Olduvai Gorge and East Turkana (Koobi Fora), the paleoanthropological spotlight
Paleoanthropology
2002 children's novella by Neil Gaiman
(1992) The Night We Buried Road Dog by Jack Cady (1993) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1994) Last Summer at Mars Hill by Elizabeth Hand
Coraline
Extinct species of antelope
first described by Louis Leakey in 1965 from material discovered at the Olduvai Gorge (Beds I and II) in Tanzania. Other remains dated slightly earlier
Beatragus_antiquus
Lava flow in Kenya
Naivasha Magadi Paleontological and archeological sites Afar Triangle Aiyangiyang Amboseli Karsa Koobi Fora Laetoli Lothagam Olduvai Gorge Rusinga Island
Elmenteita_Badlands
Natural object displaced by humans
practices of early hominids were. A collection of 176 manuports found in Olduvai, Tanzania are believed to have been deposited sometime around 1.8mya. Measuring
Manuport
Swahili sultanate (957–1513)
History of Tanzania Timeline Pre-colonial period Oldowan stone tool culture Olduvai Gorge Laetoli footprints Mumba Cave hunter-gatherers Cushitic expansion
Kilwa_Sultanate
Novella by Robert Silverberg
(1992) The Night We Buried Road Dog by Jack Cady (1993) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1994) Last Summer at Mars Hill by Elizabeth Hand
Born_with_the_Dead
Global oil shortage due to geopolitics
(November 2001). "The Peak of World Oil Production and the Road to the Olduvai Gorge". Population and Environment. 22 (5): 503–22. doi:10.1023/A:1010793021451
1970s_energy_crisis
American author (1929–2018)
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
Ursula_K._Le_Guin
Short story collection by Vernor Vinge
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge
The_Collected_Stories_of_Vernor_Vinge
Ethnic group from Manyara Region of Tanzania
"Tribe" (10th episode, 2007). They live around 150 miles south east of Olduvai Gorge The Akie are sometimes officially called Dorobo or Wandorobo, which
Akie_people
2012 fantasy novella by Brandon Sanderson
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
The_Emperor's_Soul
Canadian science fiction author (born 1948)
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
Spider_Robinson
Species of large land mammal
simum dates to the mid-Early Pleistocene, around 1.8 million years ago, at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. As the end of 2023, an estimated 17,464 southern white
White_rhinoceros
1969 novel by Michael Moorcock
(1992) The Night We Buried Road Dog by Jack Cady (1993) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1994) Last Summer at Mars Hill by Elizabeth Hand
Behold_the_Man_(novel)
Science fiction novella by Robert A. Heinlein
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
"If_This_Goes_On—"
Skeleton found in Tanzania in 1913
The Oldoway Man was a skeleton found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, in 1913. Found inside concreted sediments by professor Hans Reck, it was thought to be
Oldoway_Man
millions of white bearded wildebeest. Just to the southeast of the park is Olduvai Gorge, where many of the oldest hominid fossils and artifacts have been
Geography_of_Tanzania
Calendar year
Kamchatka opens to Russian civilian visitors. Richard C. Duncan introduces the Olduvai theory, about the collapse of industrial civilization. The global concentration
1989
Family of mammalian genes involved in brain evolution
a neuroblastoma patient. The NBPF genes contain multiple copies of the Olduvai domain. A higher number of copies of this domain has been found to be correlated
NBPF
Science fiction book series by Martha Wells
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
The_Murderbot_Diaries
Major river in northeast Africa
afarensis fossil Lucy was found slightly east of the basin's boundary. Olduvai Gorge – site of the first Homo habilis fossils – is located just south
Nile
American sculptor (born 1943)
Legacy from Olduvai, bronze, 1990, 16 x 8 x 12 inches, (Image Courtesy of Welancora Gallery and the Artist, Photography by Adam Reich)
Helen_Ramsaran
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
(1993) Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994) Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995) The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
Antoine_de_Saint-Exupéry
OLDUVAI
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Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Lamp of the World
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indian, Muslim
Height; Very Learned in Divine Law; Man who Stand Like a Mountain
Male
Italian
 Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Macarius, MACARIO means "blessed."
Girl/Female
English Latin
Chaste; virginal.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Prosperity; Goddess Laxmi
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Indian, Telugu
The Glorious Shine of Lord Rama; Bright
Boy/Male
Tamil
Wealthy, Happy
Boy/Male
Tamil
Ryan is An Irish baby name that means king (Celebrity Name: Madhuri Dixit)
Boy/Male
Slavic Polish
God's glory.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Gift
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