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    Olorgesailie is a geological formation in East Africa, on the floor of the Eastern Rift Valley in southern Kenya, 67 kilometres (42 mi) southwest of Nairobi...
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  • stone. Perhaps the first example of a wedge is the hand axe (see also Olorgesailie), which is made by chipping stone, generally flint, to form a bifacial...
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    extinction of H. erectus there. The last Acheulean in East Africa is at Olorgesailie, Kenya, dated to about 0.9 mya. Its owner was still H. erectus, but in...
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    Palaeolithic material from across Africa, particularly Olduvai, Kalambo Falls, Olorgesailie and Cape Flats, (1.8 million BC onwards) One of the 11 leaf-shaped points...
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    (166): 42–44. JSTOR 717465. Glynn Llywelyn Isaac, Barbara Isaac (1977). Olorgesailie: archeological studies of a Middle Pleistocene lake basin in Kenya. University...
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    have been found in Dmanisi, Georgia (H. e. georgicus); Koobi Fora and Olorgesailie, Kenya; and possibly Gona, Ethiopia. Overall, H. erectus brain size varies...
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    Timeline of Kenya List of years in Kenya Pleistocene Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Kariandusi prehistoric site Enkapune Ya Muto...
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    found in 2018, dating to about 320,000 years ago, at the Kenyan site of Olorgesailie, of the early emergence of modern behaviors associated with Homo sapiens...
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    Kocabaş Buia, Daka, Olorgesailie...
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    Timeline of Kenya List of years in Kenya Pleistocene Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Kariandusi prehistoric site Enkapune Ya Muto...
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    device designed to manage power is the hand axe, also called biface and Olorgesailie. A hand axe is made by chipping stone, generally flint, to form a bifacial...
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    Timeline of Kenya List of years in Kenya Pleistocene Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Kariandusi prehistoric site Enkapune Ya Muto...
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    discovered in Tanzania Oldowan stone chopper About 1.8 million years old Olorgesailie Arusha Region Geography of Tanzania List of human evolution fossils List...
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    close association together. Sites such as Melka Kunturé in Ethiopia, Olorgesailie in Kenya, Isimila in Tanzania, and Kalambo Falls in Zambia have produced...
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    Independence Moi Era Recent history People Historic peoples Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Savanna Pastoral Neolithic Culture Eburran...
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    Independence Moi Era Recent history People Historic peoples Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Savanna Pastoral Neolithic Culture Eburran...
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  • African sites, such as Chesowanja near Lake Baringo, Koobi Fora, and Olorgesailie in Kenya, show possible evidence that fire was controlled by early humans...
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    Timeline of Kenya List of years in Kenya Pleistocene Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Kariandusi prehistoric site Enkapune Ya Muto...
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    Independence Moi Era Recent history People Historic peoples Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Savanna Pastoral Neolithic Culture Eburran...
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    Timeline of Kenya List of years in Kenya Pleistocene Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Kariandusi prehistoric site Enkapune Ya Muto...
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    Independence Moi Era Recent history People Historic peoples Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Savanna Pastoral Neolithic Culture Eburran...
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    was found in 2018, dating to about 320,000 years ago at the site of Olorgesailie in Kenya, of the early emergence of modern behaviors including: the trade...
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    Independence Moi Era Recent history People Historic peoples Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Savanna Pastoral Neolithic Culture Eburran...
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    single species, which more likely indicates active hunting; for example: Olorgesailie, Kenya, which has yielded over 50 to 60 individual baboons (Theropithecus...
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    Nairobi Snake Park, Nairobi Narok Museum Nyeri Museum Olorgesailie Pre-Historic Site, Olorgesailie. Porini Association Rabai Museum Seu-Seu Community Peace...
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    found in 2018, dating to about 320,000 years ago, at the Kenyan site of Olorgesailie, of the early emergence of modern behaviors including: long-distance...
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    Independence Moi Era Recent history People Historic peoples Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Savanna Pastoral Neolithic Culture Eburran...
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    Independence Moi Era Recent history People Historic peoples Koobi Fora Hominins Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture Savanna Pastoral Neolithic Culture Eburran...
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  • based on new discoveries or analyses. 320 kya - 305 kya: Populations at Olorgesailie in Southern Kenya undergo technological improvements in tool making and...
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    of police work and archaeology. They investigated Rusinga Island and Olorgesailie. At the latter site they were assisted by a team of Italian experts recruited...
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