Arbolo discovers a hominid tooth
Veteran fossil hunter Arbolo Aike became the latest hominid hunter to discover a Hominidae tooth. ...Continue Reading Comments Off
Veteran fossil hunter Arbolo Aike became the latest hominid hunter to discover a Hominidae tooth. ...Continue Reading Comments Off
Jackals aren't exactly the most courageous of the animals of the wild and in particular, I have always thought, perhaps to my detriment that they have a huge respect for humans, including the hominid gang ...Continue Reading Comments Off
The first few days have been very busy for the crew; setting up a mobile camp to the south of the base camp. The crew has also been working hard bringing in lots of specimens of every kind but as usual ...Continue Reading Comments Off
Summer season is here and the crew who are quite mobile this year are already out and surveying. The crew has been joined by Shadrack who took a year's off to complete his high school after dropping off ...Continue Reading Comments Off
With the generous support of National Geographic Society Missions programs we are back to the field again.
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Lawrence Nzuve
After the short break after the field season, some members of the crew are back to work to continue with the wet sieving. A large quantity of sediment was painstakingly carried back to ...Continue Reading Comments Off
We close this season very content knowing that it has been a success. Its been exciting with several good discoveries made by several members of the field crew but as a result we spent longer on the sieves ...Continue Reading Comments Off
With the discovery, documenting and collecting of the hominin finds completed, each site now has to be seived. The crew does the preliminary sieving at the site and then the screened sediment is caried ...Continue Reading Comments Off
The last few weeks have been busy and exciting for the crew members. What a day it was with the discovery of three hominin specimens- they were all found within hours of discovering the first one!
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Just days after discovering the first hominid of the season in area 10, John seems to have done it again.The field crew moved into a new area and it was not long before he spoted a tooth lying on the surface. ...Continue Reading Comments Off