Koobi Fora: Quick Facts

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Map of Kenya and surrounding countries highlighting the location of Koobi Fora near the eastern shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Neighboring countries shown include Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and Somalia. An inset globe marks the region's position within Africa.

replica of KNM-ER 3733, a fossil specimen of Homo erectus

replica of KNM-ER 1470

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Archaeology Homo erectus Homo habilis Homo paleoanthropology Paranthropus boisei Homo rudolfensis Pompeii Lothagam Kanapoi Nariokotome Machu Picchu Petra Babylon Chichén Itzá Troy Qin tomb

Kenya

country, Africa

Key People

Meave G. Leakey

Meave G. Leakey

British paleoanthropologist

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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