Southern Ethiopia is home to Omo Valley, the finding place for some of the world's oldest human fossils and one of the most tribal areas of the African continent. No less than 16 different tribes live in this area, all with a life and culture that one would think belonged to the past. The most well-known are the Mursi people, famous for their large ear and lip plates. A girl’s lower lip is cut, by her mother or by another woman of her settlement, when she reaches the age of about 15. The cut is held open by a wooden plug until the wound heals, and it appears to be up to the individual girl to decide how far to stretch the lip, by inserting progressively larger plugs – the bigger a plate she can fit, the more prestige. In addition to the Mursi, this series also include the Hamar, Arbore, Bodi, Dassanech, Banna, Nyangatom and Kara people - all tribal people having their own unique traditions that makes Omo Valley such a fascinating place to travel.