Doing a geological walk!
The Geology module started on Monday with a quick introductory lesson on safety to prepare students for the field excursions. Our instructor, Dr. Greg [...]
Finishing up the Ecology module at Mpala
Welcome back! Our last week at Mpala was exciting and educational. The lessons on ecology and epidemiology with a focus on the mosquito vector [...]
TBI Origins Fall 2019 Field School Program Kicks Off!
Greetings everyone! Welcome to the Fall 2019 Origins Field School. I am Winfred Mbogo, the resident academic director for this program and together with [...]
Last week of the TBI Spring 2019 Field School Adventures!
The final week of the field school arrived and it started with a lesson in stone tool making! Students had the chance to do [...]
Can You Dig It?
The students started off the Archaeology module with Dr. Elisabeth Hildebrand in Lodwar; the biggest town in the northwestern part of Kenya. Accompanied by [...]
Turkwel here we come!
On our last week of the Human Evolution module Professor Tracy Kivell led the students out to Area 13 where they would be tracking [...]
A journey through human evolution
During the past week the field school has been tracing back the origins of our own species with the Human Evolution module led by [...]
Did the common ancestor of humans and great apes evolve in Africa or Eurasia?
It is known based on DNA analysis that chimpanzees are the closest living relatives to humans, the two together are closest to gorillas, [...]
The World Through the Eyes of a Paleontologist
The students started off the week being introduced to their newest professor, Dr. Mikael Fortelius, a professor at the University of Helsinki, who will [...]
A “Tuff” Act to Follow
At the start of the week the students spent the morning in their three groups heading back out to the MFB (Main Fish Beds) [...]
Rocks and Sediments: A lesson in time travel
The Geology of the Turkana Basin course taught by Dr. Craig Feibel, Dr. Bob Reynolds and Dr. Greg Henkes started last Monday at TBI [...]
Farewell Mpala, Hello Ileret!
This week the students traveled further North to Illeret on the East side of Lake Turkana! Saying goodbye to Mpala, the students embark on [...]
Adventures at Mpala!
This week was as busy as it was exciting for the students! Dr. Martins and the students collecting Anopheles mosquito larvae (Photo Credit: [...]
Students arrive in Kenya for Spring 2019 Origins Field School
Jambo and welcome to the Spring 2019 TBI Origins Field School! My name is Lucia Nadal and I am the Resident Academic Director for [...]
A Tribute to Ian McDougall
Professor Ian McDougall, whose work was integral in the dating of Turkana Basin fossils, passed away on November 10, 2018.
Our last week at TBI
Our last week at TBI was an eventful one, with a lot of things to finish up before we packed up and came back [...]
Massive Lake Turkana burial site hints at social complexity of earliest herders
A groundbreaking study has found the earliest and largest monumental cemetery in eastern Africa built 5,000 years ago by early pastoralists living around Lake [...]
A Journey to Lomekwi: Part Two
Welcome to part two of our Lomekwi journey! During the second week, we went on a day trip to Nariokotome, went swimming in the [...]
A Journey to Lomekwi: Part One
Welcome back, it’s been a while! We have had a great time at the Lomekwi research and survey area over the past twelve days. [...]
Finishing up the Archaeology Module
It’s been a productive week here at TBI! The last part of the archaeology module was all about learning how to excavate a site, [...]