General Information
Site Name: Lake Ndutu
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Site Type: open air
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Discovery Year: 1972
First Description: Clark 1976
Chronological Abstract: Lake Ndutu, together with the adjacent Lake Masek, is geomorphologically a continuation of the Olduvai Pleistocene deposits. The names of both lakes have been used to designate the upper parts of the Olduvai Sequence - the Ndutu and Masek Beds (formerly bed V and bed IVB, respectively); both are soda lakes.
Location
-3.033,35.049 |
Country: Tanzania
General Location Description: At the edge of the Serengeti, west of the Oldovai Gorge,Tanzania.
Coordinates
Latitude (WGS84): 3.033° S
Longitude (WGS84): 35.049° E
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Linked Files / Pages
Collection Item(s):
Bibliography: Rightmire 1983; Mturi 1976
Multimedia Files:
Linked Pages: Tanzania - Anatomically modern human
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Additional Content
Ndutu Beds (400 000 to 32 000 years ago)
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