TBI Origins Field School

Origins in Turkana

We’ve had an incredible first few weeks at TBI Turkwel! After our time at Mpala, we’ve hit the ground running and have been really busy visiting the incredible sites in the Turkana Basin and enjoying life at TBI!   As part of the Environments, Ecosystems and Evolution course taught by Dr. Nicholas Taylor, we created toilet [...]

By |2023-09-12T11:36:25+03:00June 18th, 2023|Featured, Field Schools, General, Origins Field School, Origins Summer Field School, Origins Summer Field School 2023|Comments Off on Origins in Turkana

Summer 2023 Field Schools Underway!

Jambo! The Summer 2023 Field Schools are underway!! This year, we have both an Origins Field School and a Global Innovation Field School, being led by Dr. Nicholas Taylor and Acacia Leakey respectively, with Teaching Assistant Medina Lubisia. We arrived in Turkana earlier today, having spent an amazing few days at Mpala Research Center and [...]

Studying prehistoric archaeology in the Turkana Basin

Hello again! I’m Ian, and I’m back this week with Owich to talk about the beginning of our last module, Prehistoric Archaeology, taught by Prof. Sonia Harmand. Dr. Sonia Harmand talking the students through the stratigraphy near the Nadung'a sites. We’re now in our last two weeks here at TBI, and it really [...]

By |2022-12-02T10:52:09+03:00November 30th, 2022|Fall 2022, Featured, Field Schools, General, Origins Field School|Comments Off on Studying prehistoric archaeology in the Turkana Basin

The end is nigh….presentations, goat butchering and graduation!

We arrived back to TBI Turkwel Campus from Nariokotome on Tuesday, tired but happy. The day was spent resting and preparing for the final presentations in our archeology module. By Wednesday, everyone was back to full gear and we spent most of the day working on our presentations and the final tasks of the module.  [...]

By |2022-12-02T10:52:07+03:00November 30th, 2022|Fall 2022, Featured, General, Origins Field School, Sticky|Comments Off on The end is nigh….presentations, goat butchering and graduation!

Paleontology in Napudet

Hello! My name is Patricia Nyaga, I just completed my undergraduate degree, Bachelor of Arts in History and Archaeology from Maseno University, expecting to graduate in December 2022. This being our second week studying Paleontology, our main focus was on the paleontological field methods. We headed to the Napudet hills for a two-day camping trip [...]

By |2022-11-18T15:37:01+03:00October 26th, 2022|Fall 2022, Featured, Field Schools, Origins Field School|Comments Off on Paleontology in Napudet

Digging into the geology of the Turkana Basin

Hello, my name is Amelia and I am currently majoring in Anthropology through SUNY Albany in New York. This week we dove into our geology module! We started off by learning the basics of using both the Brunton compass, along with more modern technology by using a handheld GPS system linked to satellites for navigation. [...]

By |2022-11-18T15:36:45+03:00October 4th, 2022|Fall 2022, Featured, General, Origins Field School|Comments Off on Digging into the geology of the Turkana Basin

Dr. Dino J. Martins appointed as Chief Executive Officer of TBI (Kenya)

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Dino J. Martins has accepted an offer from the Board of TBI (Kenya) Ltd. to serve as Chief Executive Officer of TBI (Kenya). The offer was made following full consultation with, and enthusiastic support from, TBI Kenya’s key partners: Stony Brook University, the Stony Brook Foundation, and [...]

By |2022-07-12T11:52:11+03:00May 13th, 2022|Featured, Sticky|Comments Off on Dr. Dino J. Martins appointed as Chief Executive Officer of TBI (Kenya)

Tracing our Ancestry

This Week, the students have been introduced to the story of being and becoming human. The scientific story of human evolution. Humans have always been curious to identify who they really are which poses questions like; how and why are we different from other mammals? What made us develop distinct traits like bipedality and bigger [...]

By |2022-05-26T10:20:51+03:00March 10th, 2018|Field Schools, General, Origins Field School, Spring 2018|Comments Off on Tracing our Ancestry
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