That the end is near in a region once inhabited by some of our earliest ancestors (Australopithecus walked these very river banks) is only one reason to visit the Omo now.

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Its appearance in the midst of our earliest human ancestors is so startling, it could even be seen as sinister.

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Over six months the team also built Nariokotome boy, a member of the species Homo erectus, and one of our earliest prehistoric ancestors - an Australopithecus afarensis named Lucy.

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