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Lothagam: about this site

Sites | Justin Ledogar | Monday, 11 January 2010

Lothagam lies near the southwestern shore of Lake Turkana, approximately 35 miles from Kanapoi, in northern Kenya. The site is located on an uplifted fault block between the Kerio and Lomu...

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Allia Bay: about this site

Sites | Justin Ledogar | Monday, 11 January 2010

Allia Bay is located on the east side of Lake Turkana, 40 km south of Koobi Fora, in northern Kenya. The surrounding area is very open and dry. The vegetation consists...

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Koobi Fora: about this site

Sites | Justin Ledogar | Monday, 11 January 2010

Koobi Fora is arguably the most well-known and extensively studied site in all of East Africa. A concise description of the research and discoveries in this region would most likely require ...

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Nariokotome: about this site

Sites | Justin Ledogar | Monday, 11 January 2010

Nariokotome is located on the west side of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. The most important hominin yielding site, formally known as Nariokotome (NK) III, lies on the south bank of the N...

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Omo-Kibish: about this site

Sites | Justin Ledogar | Monday, 11 January 2010

In recent years, researchers interested in the origins of anatomically modern Homo sapiens have focused their attention on Omo-Kibish in southern Ethiopia. In 1967, a team led by Richard Leakey recovere...

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