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Holdings: 35mm slide: 11339
Date of Photo: 1965
World Region: Africa
Region: Eastern Africa and Islands
Country: Tanzania, United Republic of
Geographic Location: Serengeti Plains
Archaeological Site Name: Olduvai Gorge
Period: Lower Paleolithic
Culture: Oldowan
Description: Olduvai hominid sequence. Schematic representation of the lower half of the Olduvai sequence, showing the approximate vertical position of hominid fossils (numerals enclosed in squares). The potassium-argon dates are indicated near the left margin (m = million years).
Image Categories: Text/Graphic/Model: Chronology chart
Source Type Detail: Book Citation: "Early Man in East Africa," by Phillip V. Tobias; Fig. 1, p. 24. In: Science, New Series, Vol. 149, No. 3679. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2 July 1965.

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Full citation: "Olduvai hominid sequence. Schematic representation of the lower half of the Olduvai sequence, showing the approximate vertical position of hominid fossils (numerals enclosed in squares). The potassium-argon dates are indicated near the left margin (m = million years).". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-17282/17282. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 03, 2024.