For millions of years, eastern Africa was a crucible of human evolution, hosting a complex interplay of species. Fossilized footprints discovered near Lake Turkana in Kenya have provided an ...

The most saline of Africa's large lakes, Turkana is an outstanding ... include the remains of five species, Austrolophithecus anamensis, Homo habilis/rudolfensis, Paranthropus boisei, Homo erectus and ...

The findings suggest that despite their differences, these two species found ways to share resources without excessive competition. The lake margin ... Foundation, and Turkana Basin Institute.

Paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey, the granddaughter of Mary and Louis Leakey, who first determined that early humans evolved ...

“Portable water is found nowhere on this island and Lake Turkana water is not fit for human consumption. Besides a mild brackish taste, the water is full of fluorine that is detrimental to the bone ...

But fossil bones found in 2000 near Lake Turkana in Kenya are changing that ... It means Homo erectus and Homo habilis are really sister species, with a common ancestor older than 2 million ...