Koobi Fora /ˈkuːbi ˈfɔːrə/ refers primarily to a region around Koobi Fora Ridge, located on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana in the territory of the...

intended for Omo to new excavations to be conducted under his leadership at Koobi Fora. Richard won, but chairman Leonard Carmichael told him he'd better find...

alternatively referred to as African Homo erectus. It was discovered in 1975 in Koobi Fora, Kenya, right next to Lake Turkana, in a survey led by Richard Leakey...

Shungura east of the Omo. Probably the best known of the formations are the Koobi Fora on the east side of Turkana and the Nachukui on the west. Short-term fluctuations...

finds were two partial skulls; KNM ER 3733 and KNM ER 3883, found at Koobi Fora. Leakey and Walker assigned these skulls to H. erectus, noting that their...

Keeley worked with Nicholas Toth in 1981 to analyze oldowan tools from Koobi Fora, Kenya. Using microwear and use-wear analysis, the pair narrowed their...

found at Pliocene sites in eastern Africa including Hadar, Laetoli and Koobi Fora. The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary...

Leakey, more were being unearthed in East Africa predominantly at the Koobi Fora site, Kenya, and Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Archaic human fossils unearthed...

for listing here. Some of the better-known sites include the following: Koobi Fora Dmanisi Lézignan-la-Cèbe Olduvai Gorge Xiaochangliang Afar Triangle Omo...

primarily by the skull KNM WT 17000 from Koobi Fora, Lake Turkana, Kenya, as well as some jawbones from Koobi Fora; the Shungura Formation, Ethiopia; and...

Leakey described the juvenile partial face KNM-ER 62000 discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya; noting it shares several similarities to KNM-ER 1470 and is smaller...

short-stay facilities for visitors; and the Koobi Fora Museum. Koobi Fora Spit with the facilities of the Koobi Fora research Center are to the north, but are...

site 1.0 Mya. East African sites, such as Chesowanja near Lake Baringo, Koobi Fora, and Olorgesailie in Kenya, show possible evidence that fire was controlled...

used as an item for exchange." Xiaochangliang Zhoukoudian Yuanmou County Koobi Fora Richat Structure Sterkfontein Saint-Acheul Bose Basin The geographic distribution...

Leakey MG, Spoor F, Dean MC, et al. (August 2012). "New fossils from Koobi Fora in northern Kenya confirm taxonomic diversity in early Homo". Nature....

Homo erectus). The fossil was discovered by Richard Leakey in 1976 in Koobi Fora, east of Lake Turkana (formerly lake Rudolf), Kenya. Most of the facial...

features an abundance of large and soft quartz and quartzite pieces, whereas Koobi Fora lacks spheroids and provides predominantly hard basalt lava rocks. Unlike...

ER 1813 is a skull of the species Homo habilis. It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya by Kamoya Kimeu in 1973, and is estimated to be 1.9 million years...

facial elements were reported from the Shungura Formation, Ethiopia; Koobi Fora and Chesowanja, Kenya; and Omo and Konso, Ethiopia. Among the notable...

"unambiguous" evidence is a whole cranium, KNM-ER 3733 (a find identifier) from Koobi Fora in Kenya, dated to 1.78 mya. An early skull fragment, KNM-ER 2598, dated...

elephant. A large mostly complete male specimen of P. recki atavus from Koobi Fora, Kenya, suggested to have been approximately 40 years old when it died...

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Formation on the west side of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, and in the Koobi Fora Formation on the east side of Lake Turkana. Argon-argon dating has placed...

in Eurasia and then migrated back to Africa. Based on fossils from the Koobi Fora Formation, east of Lake Turkana in Kenya, Spoor et al. (2007) argued that...

with its oldest remains being from the Odesa catacombs in Ukraine, and Koobi Fora in Kenya, which are close in age, making the origin location of the genus...

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crocodile, hippopotamus, and snakes. It also contains fossils in the Koobi Fora deposits which are unique in the world. Lake Turkana National Parks consist...

as a co-leader of paleontological expeditions in northern Kenya. The Koobi Fora research project has been the main program behind some of the most notable...

Early post Independence Moi Era Recent history People Historic peoples Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Savanna Pastoral Neolithic...

Early post Independence Moi Era Recent history People Historic peoples Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Savanna Pastoral Neolithic...