This depression contains the Middle Awash, an archaeological site that has yielded the world's oldest stone tools at Gona and many fossils of (*) hominids, including the Australopithecus afarensis specimen known as Lucy at the village of Hadar.
The southern subgroup of this region's namesake people are also called Adel, and it is home to the active volcano of Erta Ale. This depression contains the Middle Awash, an archaeological site that has yielded the world's oldest stone tools at Gona and many fossils of (*) hominids, including the Australopithecus afarensis specimen known as Lucy at the village of Hadar. This depression is the product of its namesake Triple Junction, which marks the northern portion of the Great Rift Valley. For 15 points, Lake Asal, the lowest point in Africa, is found in what geological depression?
The southern subgroup of this region's namesake people are also called Adel, and it is home to the active volcano of Erta Ale.
{Afar} Depression (accept {Afar Triangle} or {Danakil Depression})