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Nature 439, 14-16 (5 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/439014a; Published online 4 January 2006
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Ethiopia: Awash with fossils
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- Rex Dalton is Nature's West Coast correspondent.
Abstract
The Afar region of Ethiopia is littered with traces of the earliest humans. Rex Dalton gets on the trail with a team of devoted experts who just live for the next find.
Ethiopians have a peculiarly fitting saying about the remote province of Afar — it is 'where it all began'. Isolated in the harsh region is a low ridge that has brought to light humanity's beginnings, by providing a wealth of fossils.
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