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Afar Triangle

The Afar Triangle (also called the Afar Depression) is a geological depression caused by the Afar triple junction, which is part of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa. The region has disclosed fossil specimens of the earliest hominins; that is, the earliest of the human clade. As a result, the Depression is thought by some paleontologists to be the…

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Afar Triangle

Nodes108
Edges107
Triples7
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018519
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Afar Triangle → cradle source of the earliest hominins

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Afar Triangleis acradle source of the earliest hominins0.90text
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Soemmerring's gazelleinstance ofWildlife includes many herbivores0.80text
beisa andinstance ofWildlife includes many herbivores0.80text
notablyinstance ofWildlife includes many herbivores0.80text
the last viable population of African wild assinstance ofWildlife includes many herbivores0.80text

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