Hybrid lecture: Exploring Human Origins at Kenya’s Lake Turkana

Name: Hybrid lecture: Exploring Human Origins at Kenya’s Lake Turkana
Start: 2025-04-17T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

Schedule

Thu, 17 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA | Cambridge, MA

Kenya’s fossil-rich Turkana Basin has been—for over five decades—a cornerstone in unraveling the story of human origins in Africa. In this lecture, renowned paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey will delve into the groundbreaking discoveries at Lake Turkana, including hominins and fossil fauna that have reshaped our understanding of human ancestry. She will discuss the challenges of early exploration, and the impact of the Koobi Fora research camp, the National Museums of Kenya, and the Turkana Basin Institute, in advancing paleoscience. In closing, she will address opportunities to enhance research, collections care, and capacity-building at Lake Turkana through innovative funding, collaborations, and citizen science projects.
Louise Leakey, Director, Koobi Fora Research Project; Research Professor, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University; National Geographic Explorer at Large
Advance registration recommended for in-person and online attendance:
https://tinyurl.com/HumanOriginsKenya
2025 Hallam L. Movius, Jr. Lecture lecture. Free admission. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard Museum of Natural History, and the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture.
Photo: Lorna Buchanan