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Walls heading upwards

Posted by Louise Leakey on October 30, 2010. Category: General

The laboratory at Turkwel now has some walls in place. Kyalo has just sent these images to me from the site. With a lot more construction to do on this building there will be several ...

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More progress on laboratory

Posted by Louise Leakey on October 6, 2010. Category: General

Construction continues at Turkwel on the large laboratory. The basement slab has been laid and walls are going up. The foundations for the main part of the laboratory are being dug as ...

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Beginnings of the second laboratory at Tukwel.

Posted by Louise Leakey on September 20, 2010. Category: General

The construction at TBI Turkwel continues and foundations are going in for the second large laboratory. The construction at TBI Turkwel continues and foundations are ...

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TBI postdoc receives grant for Holocene research in Turkana

Posted by Scott Bjelland on August 27, 2010. Category: General

TBI postdoctoral fellow Amanuel Beyin recently received a grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation in the amount of $20,000 to conduct field research in the western Turkana Basin region ...

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TBI extends field school application deadline

Posted by Scott Bjelland on July 13, 2010. Category: General

The Office of International Academic Programs at Stony Brook University has announced that the deadline for applying to TBI's field school program has been extended to December 15, 2010. ...

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Aerial views of TBI Turkwel

Posted by Scott Bjelland on June 11, 2010. Category: General

Here are a few recent aerial views of TBI Turkwel to share with you. Once the six cottages are complete, construction will begin on the second large laboratory. You can ...

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Recent images from TBI Turkwel campus

Posted by Scott Bjelland on June 11, 2010. Category: General

The construction is ongoing at the TBI Turkwel campus. Six self contained cottages are being built, the first of which is now complete. The remainder should be finished in the next two ...

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TBI’s Visiting Senior Scholar, Spring Semester 2010

Posted by Scott Bjelland on May 14, 2010. Category: General

TBI’s second Visiting Senior Scholar, Professor Simiyu Wandibba, has enjoyed a productive semester at Stony Brook University. You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. ...

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New Australopithecus sediba hominin fossils featured on 60 MINUTES

Posted by Scott Bjelland on April 9, 2010. Category: General

A fossil skull of the newly announced species Australopithecus sediba courtesy 60 MINUTES / CBS Television Network Richard Leakey joins other scientists in discussing Lee Berger's amazing new "treasure trove" of Australopithecus sediba fossils You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. ...

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Introducing the TBI geoBlog

Posted by Scott Bjelland on January 19, 2010. Category: General

The TBI geoBlog brings a geographic context to our blog posts. Ever wonder where many of the most significant fossils of our earlient human ancestors were found? Curious about where in the world current research is taking place? The TBI geoBlog puts ...

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