Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments from West Turkana (Kenya, East African Rift System)
form emblematic syn-rift successions for understanding the evolution of extensional basin …

Current discussions generally focus on “when” the first 'Out of Africa'hominin settlements
occurred. We propose a short review of some of the assumptions underlying the 'Out of …

Over the last thirty years, investigations in the Nachukui Formation (West Turkana, Kenya)
have revealed the importance of the region for human evolution studies within an …

The origin and evolution of early Pleistocene hominin lithic technologies in Africa occurred
within the context of savanna grassland ecosystems. The Nachukui Formation of the …

This paper presents an overview of some of the most significant, recent to ancient, littoral
morpho-sedimentary structures and deposits from the Lake Turkana Basin. We highlight the …

Lakes act as major archives for continental paleoenvironments, particularly when the
evolution of lake levels over time serves as a guide for understanding regional …

The long stratigraphic sequence of the Shungura Formation in the Lower Omo Valley
documents 3 million years (Ma) of hominin evolution, which, when combined with detailed …

Identifying when hominins first produced Lomekwian, Oldowan, and Acheulean
technologies is vital to multiple avenues of human origins research. Yet, like most …

The Oldowan lithic industry represents the earliest known evidence of efficiently and
expeditiously produced flake stone tools (Toth, 1985; Braun et al., 2019; Reti, 2016; Stout et …

Two sedimentary basins are identified in the Turkana Depression (East African Rift System,
Kenya). One of them, the Ekitale Basin, is presented in detail. Located on the western rift …