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Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory: Second Edition (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
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Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings
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Excerpt - on Page 34: " ... resulted in a meeting with Hans Reck. A prominent German paleontologist, Reck had discovered a complete fossil human skeleton in Olduvai Gorge (then called Oldoway), Tanzania (then German East Africa), in 1913, and had been part of a German expedition to Tendaguru. ... "

Guide to Fossil Man
Guide to Fossil Man by Michael H. Day
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Excerpt - on Page 53: " ... a convenient, if non-committal, name. The Arago XLIV hip bone shows marked similarities to the Homo erectus hip bone from Olduvai Gorge (Olduvai Hominid 28 (q.v.)) and to the hip bone from Koobi Fora (KNM-ER 3228 (q.v.)) (Day, 1982: Sigmon, 1982). ... "

Archaeology at the Millennium: A Sourcebook
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Excerpt - on Page 40: " ... stone cores and flakes are often called "Oldowan" industries (especially at early sites in Africa), after early sites found at Olduvai Gorge (Leakey, 1971). These also are often referred to as Mode I industries to indicate simply flaked cores and flaking products ... "

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