Kamoya Kimeu (1938 – 20 July 2022) was a Kenyan paleontologist and curator, whose contributions to the field of paleoanthropology were recognised with...
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complete early hominin skeleton ever found. It was discovered in 1984 by Kamoya Kimeu on the bank of the Nariokotome River near Lake Turkana in Kenya. Estimates...
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Land Rover and went into the trapping and skeleton supply business with Kamoya Kimeu. Already a skilled horseman, outdoorsman, Land Rover mechanic, amateur...
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still in debate. In the 1960s the Leakeys started to work with the young Kamoya Kimeu with Mary particularly valuing his expertise. The family trained him...
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Lake Natron, in Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region of Tanzania by Kamoya Kimeu, Glynn Isaac, and Richard Leakey in 1964. This mandible (jaw) is estimated...
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Hrdlička (1869–1943) Glynn Isaac (1937–1985) Donald C. Johanson (1943–) Kamoya Kimeu (1938–2022) Jeffrey Laitman (1951–) Louis Leakey (1903–1972) Meave Leakey...
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under a new genus Kamoyapithecus, named after the renowned fossil finder Kamoya Kimeu. The genus is represented by only one species, K. hamiltoni. Kamoyapithecus...
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the species Homo habilis. It was discovered in Koobi Fora, Kenya by Kamoya Kimeu in 1973, and is estimated to be 1.9 million years old. Its characteristics...
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nearly complete skeleton of a Homo ergaster juvenile, was discovered by Kamoya Kimeu. More recently, Meave Leakey discovered a 3.5 million-year-old skull...
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femur (proximal) fragment (KNM-ER 1475) discovered by fossil collector Kamoya Kimeu; and a complete left femur (KNM-ER 1481) discovered by Harris. However...
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excavation at Olduvai. She brought in a staff of Kamba assistants, including Kamoya Kimeu, who later discovered many of eastern Africa's most famous fossils. At...
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at the western shore of Lake Turkana in 1984 by Kenyan archaeologist Kamoya Kimeu. The fossils were described by Leakey and Walker, alongside paleoanthropologists...
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African Literature Bureau. 1974. p. 129. The mandible was discovered by Kamoya Kimeu in 1964, during an expedition conducted by Richard Leakey and Glynn Isaac...
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University of the Witwatersrand KNM-ER 1813 1.90 Homo habilis 1973 Kenya Kamoya Kimeu KNM-ER 1470 1.90 Homo rudolfensis 1972 Kenya Bernard Ngeneo SK 48 2.25–1...
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Lake Turkana in 1984, palaeoanthropologist Richard Leakey, assisted by Kamoya Kimeu, discovered the Turkana Boy, a 1.6-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil...
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Crispus Makau Kiamba - 5th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nairobi Kamoya Kimeu - Kenyan paleontologist and curator Teresia Mbaika Malokwe - Kenyan environmentalist...
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coach (Manitoba). Alan M. Kent, 55, English writer (Surfing Tommies). Kamoya Kimeu, 83–84, Kenyan paleontologist and curator, kidney failure. Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek...
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was found near Lake Turkana in Kenya, discovered by Richard Leakey and Kamoya Kimeu. Nariokotome Boy was a teenager when he died, and his skeleton exhibits...
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Olympics Champion Kivutha Kibwana - former Governor of Makueni County Kamoya Kimeu - Paleontologist and Curator Teresia Mbaika Malokwe - Environmentalist...
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Kielan-Jaworowska (Poland, 1925-2015) Caitlín R. Kiernan (United States, 1964- ) Kamoya Kimeu (Kenya, 1940- ) William King (Ireland / England, 1809-1886) James Kirkland...
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6-million-year-old Homo erectus known as Nariokotome Boy, which was found by Kamoya Kimeu in 1984 on an excavation led by Richard Leakey. The oldest Acheulean...
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ape to human. The collection includes the Turkana Boy discovered by Kamoya Kimeu, a member of a team led by Richard Leakey in 1984. Dawkins discusses...
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Kenyans, which became known as "the hominid gang", under the leadership of Kamoya Kimeu—"hominid" was then the term used for the present-day meaning of "hominin"...
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African Literature Bureau. 1974. p. 129. The mandible was discovered by Kamoya Kimeu in 1964, during an expedition conducted by Richard Leakey and Glynn Isaac...
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Jean-Jacques; Barrat, Jean-Alix; Bohn, Marcel; Delagnes, Anne; Harmand, Sonia; Kimeu, Kamoya; Kibunjia, Mzalendo; Texier, Pierre-Jean; Roche, Hélène (2005-08-01)...
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