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Life as a Fossil Hunter

November 03, 2012
Woken up by echoing bird calls in the first light of the day, I got out of my tent. It was cooler outside and the big fireball was barely above the horizon. I knew it was...
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A few words on the recently announced fossil discovery

August 23, 2012
Earlier this month, an exciting discovery of early hominid remains at Koobi Fora, East of Lake Turkana, Kenya, was reported in the journal Nature. The fossils described i...
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Flying Missions in a remote desert: In search of our ancestral trails VII

August 05, 2012
During the past several days of our visit, the Autodesk Octo-copter not only survived the harsh environment of Northern Kenya, but also brought us fresh aerial photograph...
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Flying Missions in a remote desert: In search of our ancestral trails VI

July 20, 2012
Welcomed by the earliest birds, we started our first morning in Ileret: a remote area to the east of Lake Turkana, almost at the Kenya-Ethiopia border. The Ileret area i...
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Flying Missions in a remote desert: In search of our ancestral trails V

July 01, 2012
Our arrival at TBI Turkwel Camp was at about three o’clock in the afternoon. Weary, hungry and thirsty, we ate and drank like camels, refueling ourselves after the tough...
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