Muscles, Monkeys, and Apes
Students have been learning more about the animal skeleton and muscles. Bones can tell us about how muscles were attached. Muscles can tell us about what kind of movements an organisms was adapted to performing. ...Students have been learning more about the animal skeleton and muscles. Bones can tell us about how muscles were attached. Muscles can tell us about what kind of movements an organisms was adapted to performing. ...Bones
Today students learned the basics about human anatomy and how detailed knowledge of bones is crucial in identifying fossils. Human, or other animal fossils, are very rarely found in one piece – most ...Ancient Hippos at Lake Turkana
The third module on Human Evolution started early. Professor Fred Grine of Stony Brook University arrived Saturday and took students on an excursion to Lake Turkana. The Turkana Basin has revealed a ...Lothagam Camping Trip
The students went on their first overnight camping trip to Lothagam, a site that dates as far back as eleven million years, and contains fossils and artifacts from as little as several thousand years ago. ...Happy Valentine’s Day from the Field School !
Students really got into the Valentine’s Day spirit, making creative and imaginative gifts and cards for each other! We wish everyone a joyous day filled with love!
...Central Island Volcanoes
Students went on a day trip to Central Island, a volcanic island in the middle of Lake Turkana. After a fun and refreshing 1 hour boat ride students arrived at the island, which consists of several craters ...TBI Cliffs
Students learned the concept of superposition, where the oldest sediment or rock layers are on the bottom of an exposed outcrop. However, due to various forces, such as movement of the plates that make ...Glimpses of the Past
The students have been learning more about the geology of the Turkana Basin. Today they learned about how layers of sediment form (stratigraphy) and what these layers can tell us about the nature of ...A rock is a rock – or is it?
The second module - The Geology of the Turkana Basin- kicked off yesterday. Students first learned how to use the Brunton compass to map areas. Their first assignment was to map the 100 acre TBI compound. ...Mud-Flat Life…
The first module of the Turkana Basin Institute of Ecology is just coming to and end. We spent a couple of days this week learning about and exploring the aquatic habitat of the Turkwel River next to TBI.
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