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A stormy tale of cladistics and bone identification at Ileret.

This week’s blog comes from Simone and Sedona, and we’ll be talking about our experiences during the first week of the vertebrate paleontology course, which is also the field school’s first week while staying at TBI Ileret on the east side of Lake Turkana! Simone is a recent graduate from Boston University with a [...]

By |2024-04-23T12:30:50+03:00March 24th, 2024|Featured, Field Schools, Origins Field School, Spring 2024, Sticky|Comments Off on A stormy tale of cladistics and bone identification at Ileret.
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Paleontology off to a smashing start

The Turkana Basin if famous for preserving the fossilized remains of our bipedal ancestors. But, there are more than fossil hominins in the rocks piled up around Lake Turkana. The remains of horses, pigs, fish, hyaenas, and hippos (lots of hippos) also tumble from the rock, providing the ecological and environmental context for the evolution [...]

By |2017-01-04T18:05:09+03:00March 25th, 2013|Field Schools, General|Comments Off on Paleontology off to a smashing start
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TBI in the U.S.

Turkana Basin Institute
Stony Brook University
N507A Social & Behavioral Sciences
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4364
Email: turkanabasin@stonybrook.edu
Phone: +1 631 632 5800
Fax: +1 631 632 5810

TBI in Kenya

Turkana Basin Institute
B21, Zamani Business Park
Karen, Ngong' Road
P.O. Box 24467 – 00502
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 716 517919 / +254 20 208 5911
Fax: +254 20 208 5915
Email: info@turkanabasin.org
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