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Studies of Plio–Pleistocene deposits along the Awash River in the Hadar region of Ethiopia have revealed for the first time several Palaeolithic sites. In addition to a large number of artefacts which provide evidence of early to late Stone Age industries the deposits have also yielded a rich vertebrate fauna including what may be the earliest hominid remains yet discovered.
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Corvinus, G. Palaeolithic remains at the Hadar in the Afar region. Nature 256, 468–471 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/256468a0
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