In today’s Academic Minute, Michigan State University's Michael Gottfried discusses advances in our understanding of Africa’s Great Rift Valley and the implications for the study of human evolution.

A giant crack in the heart of the Great Rift Valley Since 2005, the Great Rift Valley region, at the junction of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, has been undergoing a dramatic transformation. A fissure ...

Dr. Michael Gottfried – Formation of the Great Rift Valley. A key section of the Great Rift Valley of East Africa – the birthplace of the human species – likely took longer to develop than ...

The article gives an insight of the process of the formation of a rift valley. Published: May 14, 2014 9:54 AM IST . By India.com Education Desk. ... The Great African Rift Valley, ...

Sunday Times News: The Great Rift Valley is the vast geographic depression that runs from the Jordan River Valley in Syria, South-western Asia to Mozambique in eastern A ...

During an expedition to British East Africa in 1892–93 Prof. Gregory confirmed Suess's conclusions, with some modifications as to the age and origin of the Great Rift Valley, the formation of ...

The 3,700-mile-long Great Rift Valley, which runs through Kenya, formed as a result of tectonic plates drifting apart, and it may eventually flood to separate Africa from a new continent.

In today’s Academic Minute, Michael Gottfried of Michigan State University reveals advances in our understanding of Africa’s Great Rift Valley and the implications for the study of human evolution.