BOBBY TREKKING SAFARIS

OLDUVAI GORGE:

Olduvai Gorge is one of East Africa’s most famous archaelogical sites.  As with Laetoli, volcanic ash played a decisive role in preserving the remains and food prints of the human ancestors for millions of years.

.The first European who helped in exciting curiosity of the archeologists in Olduvai gorge was a German called professor Kattwinkel.  A fossil bone was found by him off eroded slope of the gorge.  The specimen of this fossil piqued the interest of Hans Reck who found a human fossil in 1913.  The fossil eventually came to the attention of a Kenyan born Louis S.B. Leaky.  Dr. Leaky believed the George would provide evidence pertaining to the origins of humans.

From then on Dr. Leakey and his wife Mary undertook a life time study of the Olduvai fossils as well as the remains of stone tools.  On July 17 1959, Mary discovered a complete Zinjanthropus skull.  Some months later, they came upon remains of bones of a hominid they called “Homo Habilis (Handy man) because they believed he made and used tools.  The Tools he used included:  Pebbles and cobbles with sharp cutting edges, flakes that were stone equivalents of modern razors.  The use of these tools greatly ensured his survival, for then he started supplementing his plant diet with meat from animals he hunted.

In the long run, the handy man “Homo Habilis” evolved into a more modern-looking ‘Homo erectus” (upright man”) this new hominid developed new and more sophisticated tools.

Bobby Trekking Safaris will be glad to take the honor of helping you to explore the ancient historical sites. By taking such a trip your symbolically traveling into the far past, because you will gain insight of how our ancestors lived millions of years ago