Africa is an ancient continent formed on the planet Earth. This is what attracts archaeologists and anthropologists from all over the world. Many scientists suggest that the ancestor of man appeared about 65 million years ago, during the Cenozoic era. It was a creature resembling an anthropoid ape. However, on the basis of archaeological excavations, the time of human appearance was determined at 3.5 million years. In many respects this information is confirmed by unique finds in the Olduvai gorge. Here, the bones of the upright creature of about that time were found. Also, this area is of great interest to paleoanthropologists. The bones of Australopithecus found in Olduvai made it possible to determine its age, which was approximately 1.8-1.6 million years. In addition to the burial of bones, many tools of "skilled man" of the same age were found here and made many more discoveries, excavating in the Gorge. Olduvai Gorge Olduvai Gorge: research in the heart of Africa Along the Serengeti Plains is the Olduvai Gorge. It is located in the protected area of ​​Ngorogoro, so it is hidden from prying eyes. Its depth is approximately 100 m, and the total area is 250 km2. Here is the museum "Olduvai Gorge Museum", founded in 1970 thanks to the fruitful work of the scientist-archeologist Mary Lika. After its opening, local residents and guests were able to join anthropology and new discoveries. And later the collection of the museum began to complement the exhibits from Laetoli - the locality, which is located 25 km from the Gorge to the south. Prehistoric finds that change the notion of evolution Back in 1913, during the archaeological excavations in the Gorge, conducted under the guidance of the famous archaeologist Hans Reka, a skeleton was found. It is found in a layer of rocks 1.5 million years old. The age of the bones became the subject of an unresolved dispute among scientists, since the skeleton could get there as a result of reburial. Since the 1930s and until the 1960s, excavations of large scale by archaeologists Mary, Jonathan and Luis Leakey were conducted in the Olduvai Gorge. We made the most important discoveries that played a role in the study of the origin of man. In 1959 - 1963, there were found the bones of Homo Habilis ("man skilled"), whose age is more than 2 million years. These are creatures remotely resembling monkeys in the times of Australopithecus, crossing the boundary between the kingdom of the animal kingdom and man. A little later in Olduvai found the skull of Australopithecus, crushed animal bones, tools of stone, which scientists attribute to the most ancient era of "Paleolith". Almost whole tusks of mammoths, remains of predators, approximately the same time have been found here. The museum in the Olduvai Gorge receives guests from all over the world. Here are collected numerous finds of archeology and anthropology. The halls of the museum tell visitors about research, the origin of man and the evolution of the animal world. Gorge Olduvai will not leave anyone indifferent and make you feel like a small particle of this universe.