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Lomekwi is an
archaeological site
located on the west bank of
Turkana Lake in Kenya. It is an
important milestone in the
history of
human archaeology...
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Kenyanthropus is a
genus of
extinct hominin identified from the
Lomekwi site by Lake Turkana, Kenya,
dated to 3.3 to 3.2
million years ago
during the...
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prehistory and history, from the
development of the
first stone tools at
Lomekwi in East
Africa 3.3 million
years ago up
until recent decades. Archaeology...
- place. In 2011,
Harmand discovered the
Lomekwi 3
stone tools in the
Turkana Basin of
Kenya near the town of
Lomekwi. This
discovery was made
while Harmand...
- However, even
older tools were
later discovered at the
single site of
Lomekwi 3 in Kenya, in 2015,
dated to as
early as 3.3
million years ago. As such...
- the
earliest stone tools dated to
around 3.3 million
years ago at the
Lomekwi site in Kenya.
These tools predate the
genus Homo and were
probably used...
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anthropologist Fred
Spoor suggests it may have been
involved in the
Kenyan Lomekwi stone-tool
industry typically ****igned to Kenyanthropus. A. deyiremeda...
- mani****tive hands.
Males grew very large, as
evidenced by a
specimen found at
Lomekwi, Kenya,
which was
estimated to have
weighed approximately 43.8 kilograms...
- Brenet,
Michel (May 20, 2015). "3.3-million-year-old
stone tools from
Lomekwi 3, West Turkana, Kenya". Nature. 521 (7552): 310–315. Bibcode:2015Natur...
- tool-users known. The
oldest stone tools were
excavated from the site of
Lomekwi 3 in West Turkana,
northwestern Kenya, and date to 3.3 million
years old...
