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Koobi Fora (Lake Turkana)

Fossil-rich sediments on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya, spanning roughly 5 million to 1 million years ago - the single richest hominin fossil site on Earth, with remains of Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis and Homo erectus (including the near-complete 1.5-million-year-old skeleton 'Turkana Boy') alongside the world's oldest Oldowan and Acheulean stone tools.

Dated events and their evidence

• about 1,900,000 years ago mainstream
  earliest Homo fossils at Koobi Fora date to (approximate) source
• about 1,600,000 years ago mainstream
  'Turkana Boy' (Homo erectus) skeleton, discovered 1984 source

Where

3.9500° N, 36.1833° E

Sources

• https://www.britannica.com/science/Koobi-Fora-remains
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lake-Turkana-remains

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