GeoBlog

Because of the successful end of our last excursion in the field, we returned to the same site to try to find other remnants [...]

In Human Evolution this week, we discussed how animals with different diets will have coinciding differences in their teeth morphology as well as in other cranial [...]

During the TBI field school, it is important to take time off from studying and have a bit of leisure time. When the students are [...]

Following our first two days of class in the lab, we spent the day in the field Wednesday visiting the site of an important [...]

The students have completed three modules thus far and are now at the beginnings of what many students came to TBI for: Human Evolution. [...]

We ended the week in the fossil lab, where two of TBI's experienced fossil hunters and preparators, Sale and Apolo, lead us through Plio-Pleistocene fossil archives.

The second week of Paleontology was primarily spent in the field: for four of the six class days this week, we spent the entire [...]

This past week in paleontology, the students spent time in lab learning how to identify bones of mammalian species found in the Turkana Basin and [...]

We started the Paleontology module from a broad perspective, making sure to cover a brief history of life on earth as well as the [...]

So far in the TBI field school, the students learned about the Ecology of the Turkana Basin, understanding how wildlife has greatly impacted the [...]

In just two short weeks, the students have learned more about the geology of the Turkana Basin than any of them may have expected. [...]

Map of the Koobi Fora Region As an educational and celebratory culmination to the geology module, we went on a geology-based camping [...]

Throughout the history of the Turkana Basin, the dominant hydrographic systems that have fluctuated throughout the basin have been fluvial and lacustrine systems. While this [...]

Lake Turkana (Present); Lokochot Lake (3.5 Ma); Lonyumun Lake (4.1-3.95 Ma) The idea that the same natural laws and processes that operate [...]

Understanding the basin's fluctuating history provides a more complete picture of what factors may have affected early life in this region. Vital to this research is mapping, [...]

One of the final concepts we learned about in ecology was the relationships between organisms.  Specifically, the relationship between intimacy (a measurement of the [...]

On Tuesday, the field school explored near the edge of Sibiloi National Park to learn more about adaptive strategies of vegetation in such an [...]

While at Mpala, Dr. Martins took the students out into the field to learn about the different species of plants surrounding the area. Similar [...]

The field school spent a few days learning about vectors, parasites, and the effect they have on people and the communities in the Turkana [...]