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Dikika

Dikika

The Dikika region is an area of the Afar Region of Ethiopia where the hominid fossil Selam was found. Dikika is located in Mille woreda.

Dikika is part of the Hadar formation in the Afar Region, a series of sedimentary rocks deposited approximately 3.4 million years ago, and exposed by the erosive action of the Awash River.

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Further reading

  • J.E. Kalb, E.B. Oswald, A. Mebrate, S. Tebedge and C. Jolly, Stratigraphy of the Awash Group, Middle Awash Valley, Afar, Ethiopia, Newsletters on Stratigraphy 11 (1982), pp. 95–127.

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