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Studying prehistoric archaeology in the Turkana Basin

Hello again! I’m Ian, and I’m back this week with Owich to talk about the beginning of our last module, Prehistoric Archaeology, taught by Prof. Sonia Harmand. Dr. Sonia Harmand talking the students through the stratigraphy near the Nadung'a sites. We’re now in our last two weeks here at TBI, and it really [...]

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The end is nigh….presentations, goat butchering and graduation!

We arrived back to TBI Turkwel Campus from Nariokotome on Tuesday, tired but happy. The day was spent resting and preparing for the final presentations in our archeology module. By Wednesday, everyone was back to full gear and we spent most of the day working on our presentations and the final tasks of the module.  [...]

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A Week in the Life of a Field School Student.

Hello everyone my name is Flor Perez and I am from New York. I graduated from Stony Brook University in 2020. I am one of the 2 students who will be completing the graduate certificate in human origins program at the end of this field school. On top of earning the graduate certificate you earn [...]

By |2022-11-18T15:29:50+03:00November 18th, 2022|Fall 2022, Featured, Field Schools, General, Origins Field School, Sticky|Comments Off on A Week in the Life of a Field School Student.

Paleoanthropology in South Turkwel

Hello,  I am Tom Otube, an environmental science graduate from Kabarak University. This week we started our Human Evolution module which is taught by Dr. Carrie Mongle and Dr. Louise Leakey.  On the first day, Dr. Mongle took us through the course objectives and an overview of human evolution by providing the historical context of [...]

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Technical University Astronomy Students in Ileret

Meet Rashid Nafwa and Vincent Okoth, students from the Technical University of Kenya (TUK) working with the telescope at TBI Ileret. Rashid and Vincent are completing an attachment to meet their final year requirements of gaining practical experience.  Vincent Okoth and Rashid Nafwa preparing for a night of observations Astronomy in general is [...]

By |2022-11-18T16:01:06+03:00November 9th, 2022|Featured, General, Popular, Research|Comments Off on Technical University Astronomy Students in Ileret

Learning about Vertebrate evolution in Turkana Basin

Hello! I’m Ian McMahon, a graduate student here at TBI. I graduated from SUNY Potsdam in 2020 with a degree in archaeology, specializing in human evolution and origins. This week, we started our paleontology module, taught by Dr. Ellen Miller, learning about the MIocene vertebrates of the Turkana Basin. The Miocene lasted from 23.03 to [...]

By |2022-11-18T15:36:59+03:00October 26th, 2022|Fall 2022, Featured, Field Schools, General, Origins Field School|Comments Off on Learning about Vertebrate evolution in Turkana Basin

Geology in Lothagam and Napudet

Hello! My name is Owich and I am an anthropology graduate from the University of Nairobi. We began our second week of geology with a morning classroom session with Dr. Gathogo taking us through the short Cretaceous window, and reconstruction of the Turkana basin geography and particularly the Cenozoic (Age of mammals) rich-sediments. In summary, [...]

By |2022-11-18T15:36:57+03:00October 10th, 2022|Fall 2022, Featured, Field Schools, General, Origins Field School|Comments Off on Geology in Lothagam and Napudet

Digging into the geology of the Turkana Basin

Hello, my name is Amelia and I am currently majoring in Anthropology through SUNY Albany in New York. This week we dove into our geology module! We started off by learning the basics of using both the Brunton compass, along with more modern technology by using a handheld GPS system linked to satellites for navigation. [...]

By |2022-11-18T15:36:45+03:00October 4th, 2022|Fall 2022, Featured, General, Origins Field School|Comments Off on Digging into the geology of the Turkana Basin
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