#olorgesailie

[ancientoriginses]

El yacimiento prehistórico de Olorgesailie en Kenia: una fábrica de herramientas con 1,2 millones de años de historia

Kenia es una tierra hermosa, famosa por su abundante flora y fauna y sus espectaculares paisajes, y así ha sido durante millones de años. Es también un país que juega un papel fundamental en la histor

[hikingadv]

Hike 009 (Apr 2015) Mt. Olorgesailie 1,760m/5,774ft - Magadi, Kenya. 7 hour hiking round trip. Hiking through a dry river bed, crossing a river and climbing up the mountain. Great views of surrounding hills and Lake Magadi from the summit. #hiking #hikingadventures #hikingtrip #olorgesailie #mountain #river #trails @hikingadv (at Olorgesailie) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmG1gPvHh72/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ebufjymiarb4

[carloalbertodanna]

Masaai Kid, Olorgesailie

[carloalbertodanna]

Actor, Olorgesailie

[carloalbertodanna]

Maasai, Olorgesailie

[archaeologicalnews]

Excavations in Kenya Shedding Light on Early Human Toolmaking and Habitat

A team of scientists at the site of Olorgesailie in the East African Rift Valley of south central Kenya, Africa, are uncovering stone tools and geological clues that may hold some answers as well as raise new questions about the evolution of early human stone toolmaking and use and the environment in which they lived up to 1.2 million years ago. 

Led by Dr. Rick Potts of the Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program and in conjunction with the National Museums of Kenya, the current efforts involve a multidisciplinary team of scientists focusing on two separate but related sites in the Olorgesailie region that have recently produced abundant evidence of early human activity likely associated with Homo erectus, an extinct ancestral human that lived in the area between 1.2 and 490,000 years ago, and later early human activity that produced a more sophisticated industry of stone tools. Read more.