Current field research at Olduvai Gorge

There are five active archaeology/paleontology field projects at Olduvai Gorge right now.  Below are links to each project’s website and related sites.

Conservation of Olduvai Project (COP)

• Project Director: Fidelis Masao

Olduvai Geochonology Archaeology Project (OGAP)

• OGAP Directors: Drs. Lindsay McHenry, Ignacio de la Torre, Jackson Njau, Michael Pante

• Project Website (in Spanish, in Kiswahili)

The Olduvai Landscape Paleoanthropology Project (OLAPP)

• OLAPP Directors: Drs. Robert Blumenschine, Fidelis Masao, Jackson Njau

Olduvai Vertebrate Paleontology Project

• OVPP Directors: Drs. Jackson Njau, Leslea Hlusko

• Project Website
• Click here to read about Dr. Jackson Njau’s taphonomy research!

Proyecto Olduvai

• Project Director: Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo

• Project Website (with Cives Mundi)