Richard Leakey joins other scientists in discussing Lee Berger's amazing new "treasure trove" of Australopithecus sediba fossils You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. Richard Leakey joins other scientists in discussing Lee Berger's amazing new "treasure trove" of Australopithecus sediba fossils A fossil skull of the newly announced species Australopithecus sediba courtesy 60 [...]
Ever wonder where many of the most significant fossils of our earlient human ancestors were found? Curious about where in the world current research is taking place? The TBI geoBlog puts the latest news and events in the field of human evolution research in a global context. Ever wonder where many of the most significant [...]
On 19th September 2009 through the generosity of four extraordinary friends of TBI, Ian Telfer, Nancy Burke, and Jussi and Sally Westergren, a successful event was held to raise funds for the infrastructural development at Turkana. You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. On 19th September 2009 through the generosity of four extraordinary [...]
Here are some images of the buildings that were completed just in time for the conference held at Turkwel in August 2009. You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. Here are some images of the buildings that were completed just in time for the conference held at Turkwel in August 2009. Return to [...]
Several Turkana Basin Institute scientists and Stony Brook University faculty members were featured in a recent documentary exploring the latest scientific research into human origins. You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. Several Turkana Basin Institute scientists and Stony Brook University faculty members were featured in a recent documentary exploring the latest scientific [...]
2009 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of Zinjanthropus in Olduvai Gorge by Mary Leakey, and The Turkana Basin Institute celebrated the event with a public symposium on September 30, 2009 at Rockefeller University in New York City. You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. 2009 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the [...]
STONY BROOK, NY--Frederick Kyalo Manthi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Scholar-in-Residence at the Turkana Basin Institute, recently received an award to attend and present a paper at the annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP). You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. STONY BROOK, NY--Frederick Kyalo Manthi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Scholar-in-Residence [...]
In September 2009 the first VolkswagenFoundation/DAAD Summerschool was conducted in the Central and Southern Kenya Rift and at the University of Nairobi. You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. In September 2009 the first VolkswagenFoundation/DAAD Summerschool was conducted in the Central and Southern Kenya Rift and at the University of Nairobi. Twenty MSc [...]
The 8th Human Evolution workshop and symposium, “Half a Century after Zinj - Paranthropus boisei in Context” was held in Kenya in August 2009, to mark the 50th anniversary of the discovery of Zinjanthropus by Mary Leakey at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania in 1959. You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. The 8th Human [...]
The following images show the construction progress at TBI's Turkwel research facility. You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. The following images show the construction progress at TBI's Turkwel research facility. Return to TBI Posts posts
World-Renowned Anthropologist Richard Leakey Convenes Top Researchers To Discuss 'Flo,' The Enigmatic 'Hobbit' You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. World-Renowned Anthropologist Richard Leakey Convenes Top Researchers To Discuss 'Flo,' The Enigmatic 'Hobbit' Image: Skull of Homo floresiensis. Photo credit: Michael J. Morwood. As the debate rages on about whether Homo floresiensis – [...]
Some more images of the building progress have just come in. Windows are being put in to the buildings now and the plastering has begun on the outside walls. You can also view this post in Google Earth/Maps. Some more images of the building progress have just come in. Windows are being put in to [...]
Origin of Rift Valley Ecosystems (ORVE) is a research program comprising a number of projects working on both sides of Lake Turkana. Three ORVE projects are currently underway; two on the west side of the lake (Losodok/Nakwai, Tab Rasmussen) and (Kalodirr/Moruorot, James Rossie), and one on the east (Buluk, Ellen Miller). You can also view [...]
The objective of this project is to obtain sediment cores, covering key time intervals, from several of the world’s most important fossil hominin and early Paleolithic artifact sites, located in Kenya and Ethiopia; ultimately the information gleaned from cores will address questions about the role of environmental forces in shaping human evolution. You can also [...]
During the summer of 2008, Turkana Basin Institute scientists Erik Seiffert and Joe Sertich joined scientists from the National Museums of Kenya for a return trip to the Turkana Basin to search for more complete fossils from known sites, and to explore for new fossil localities in a series of sediments exposed west of Lake [...]