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...
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Richard Leakey (section Koobi Fora)
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...
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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...
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Lawrence H. Keeley (section Koobi Fora study)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Leakey, more were being unearthed in East Africa predominantly at the Koobi Fora site, Kenya, and Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Archaic human fossils unearthed...
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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...
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for listing here. Some of the better-known sites include the following: Koobi Fora Dmanisi Lézignan-la-Cèbe Olduvai Gorge Xiaochangliang Afar Triangle Omo...
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found at Pliocene sites in eastern Africa including Hadar, Laetoli and Koobi Fora. The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary...
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