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___Hadar's paleontological and anthropological
significance was discovered in 1968 by M.
Taieb, a French geologist. Taieb organized a
geological and paleontological survey of the
area in 1971, in which he was joined by D.C.
Johanson, Y. Coppens, and J. Kalb. These
workers formed the International Afar Research
Expedition (inRE). They chose Hadar from the
many other available sites to begin intensive
investigation mainly because of its excellent
preservation of faunal remains.