Everything about The Middle Awash totally explained
The
Middle Awash is an
archaeological site along the
Awash River in
Ethiopia's
Afar Depression. A number of
Pleistocene and late
Miocene hominid remains have been found at the site, along with some of the oldest known
Olduwan stone
artifacts and patches of fire-baked
clay, disputed evidence of the use of fire.
Chimpanzee and
human lineages are thought to have split around this time, somewhere between 5 million and 7 million years ago.
Sediments at the site were originally
deposited in lakes or rivers, and
carbonates found there contain low
carbon isotope ratios. This information suggests that, in contrast to the aridity of the current climate, the environment of the Middle Awash during the late Miocene was wet, and the region was occupied by
woodland or grassy woodland habitats. The fossilized remains of
vertebrates found with the hominids, including the
cane rat, further suggest such an environment.
Important hominid fossils found in the Middle Awash include:
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