Topic summary
Awash Valley
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Awash River.
The Awash Valley (and especially the Middle Awash) is internationally famous for its high density of hominin fossils, offering unparalleled insight into the early evolution of humans. "Lucy", one of the most famous early hominin fossils, was discovered in the lower Awash Valley. For its palaeontological and anthropological importance, the lower valley of the Awash was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1980.