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The term Great Rift Valley is most often used to refer to the valley of the East African Rift, the divergent plate boundary which extends from the Afar Triple Junction southward through eastern Africa, and is in the process of splitting the African Plate into two new and separate plates.
Aug 20, 2024 · Olduvai Gorge was home to some of the earliest hominids. Image credit: melissamn/Shutterstock.com. The story of our species begins in Africa, although our ability to tell that story is based on...
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Apr 4, 2024 · The day after he found Lucy in November 1974, Don Johanson studies the exact spot where he picked up the first bone, her elbow. In camp, Johanson (left in second image) and Maurice Taieb scrutinize and photograph the spectacular find.
Jan 9, 2020 · The term refer to the valley of the East African Rift, the divergent plate boundary which extends from the Afar Triple Junction southward across eastern Africa, and is in the process of splitting the African Plate into two new separate plates.
Jan 30, 2023 · Some 200,000 years ago, the Rift is inhabited by the earliest creature that is undoubtedly us: the first Homo sapiens, like our ancestor found in Ethiopia. Scrubbed and dressed, he would not turn heads on the streets of modern-day Nairobi, London or New York.
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Changes in the watercourses and lakes took place along the entire length of the Rift. The deepest place in the Rift on land is the valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea. It appears that the catastrophe which originated the Dead Sea, caused also the origin of the Great Rift.
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Sep 20, 2023 · A rift valley forms when tectonic plates in the earth move apart, or rift, by sinking or lifting against each other. They are present both above and below the ground, with rift valleys inland caused by tectonic activity and rift valleys formed at the bottom of the ocean caused by seafloor spreading.
