Mr Isdori Shirima the Arusha Regional Commissioner (Right), The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism Dr Ladislaus Komba (second right) and some officials from the Ministry of Tourism listening to the site explanation given by an officer (not in the picture).
The Arusha Regional Commissioner Mr Isdori Shirima opens a curtain to symbolize Zinjanthropus Pedestal Inauguration at Olduvai Gorge in Ngorongoro Conservation Area Arusha Tanzania.The Government of Tanzania will soon start construction of a monument and a podium on the site where one of the first species of early hominid in the world Zinjathropus boiesei Skull, was discovered by Dr Mary Leakey 0n 17th July 1959 at Olduvai Gorge in Ngorongoro Arusha so that to preserve this important archaeological site in the world.
This was disclosed during the recent 50th Anniversary of Zinj discovery and the establishment of Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area held in Arusha Tanzania from 13rd to 17th August that attracted more than 200 delegates and scientists from within and outside the country. The architectural work and designing of the monument and podium has already been developed and submitted to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism by the Ardhi University.
In the five days of the Golden Anniversary a numbers of papers on the hominin fossil, Palaeoenvironment at Olduvai, Stone Ages, Rock Arts, and Cultural Resource and heritage Management were presented and discussed by delegates during the conference held in the Arusha International Conference Center followed by the zinjanthropus Pedestal inauguration at Olduvai Gorge on 17th August which was the anniversary climax day.
The discovery of Zinjanthropus boisei at Olduvai Gorge together with the oldest existing footprints at Laitole (3.6 million of year of age),further verify that the human begun in Africa and specifically Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania, and not in Asia as previously thought. In keeping with the significance of this information, Olduvai Gorge is now known as The Cradle of Mankind while Laetoli holds the only undisputable evidence for Human bipedalism
“Although many other important discoveries have been made at Olduvai, laetoli and other East African hominid sites, the Olduvai Zinj will always remain a national and international icon of Tanzania ‘s central place in our understanding for the first time the basic outline of the course of human evolution over the last two million years”. Says Mr Peter Mwenguo, the Managing Director of Tanzania Tourist Board
For fifty years since the discovery of Zinj, Olduvai Gorge has played a major scientific role as a center for research in palaeoenvironment, ecology, paleontology, archaeology, geology and many other disciplines conducted by both national and foreign research teams. The site has continued to attract more tourists and yield new scientific findings which have added more value to records of human evolution. The significance of Olduvai and Laetoli has led to the updating of information and elevated the Ngorongoro to be nominated as a World Heritage site Mixed Site in 2008 to incorporate both natural and cultural outstanding universal value.
This was disclosed during the recent 50th Anniversary of Zinj discovery and the establishment of Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area held in Arusha Tanzania from 13rd to 17th August that attracted more than 200 delegates and scientists from within and outside the country. The architectural work and designing of the monument and podium has already been developed and submitted to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism by the Ardhi University.
In the five days of the Golden Anniversary a numbers of papers on the hominin fossil, Palaeoenvironment at Olduvai, Stone Ages, Rock Arts, and Cultural Resource and heritage Management were presented and discussed by delegates during the conference held in the Arusha International Conference Center followed by the zinjanthropus Pedestal inauguration at Olduvai Gorge on 17th August which was the anniversary climax day.
The discovery of Zinjanthropus boisei at Olduvai Gorge together with the oldest existing footprints at Laitole (3.6 million of year of age),further verify that the human begun in Africa and specifically Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania, and not in Asia as previously thought. In keeping with the significance of this information, Olduvai Gorge is now known as The Cradle of Mankind while Laetoli holds the only undisputable evidence for Human bipedalism
“Although many other important discoveries have been made at Olduvai, laetoli and other East African hominid sites, the Olduvai Zinj will always remain a national and international icon of Tanzania ‘s central place in our understanding for the first time the basic outline of the course of human evolution over the last two million years”. Says Mr Peter Mwenguo, the Managing Director of Tanzania Tourist Board
For fifty years since the discovery of Zinj, Olduvai Gorge has played a major scientific role as a center for research in palaeoenvironment, ecology, paleontology, archaeology, geology and many other disciplines conducted by both national and foreign research teams. The site has continued to attract more tourists and yield new scientific findings which have added more value to records of human evolution. The significance of Olduvai and Laetoli has led to the updating of information and elevated the Ngorongoro to be nominated as a World Heritage site Mixed Site in 2008 to incorporate both natural and cultural outstanding universal value.
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