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Nakwai is a fossiliferous region in the Turkana Basin of northwestern Kenya. Until recently the only ages for the Nakwai formation were based on biostratigraphic correlation with Losodok; a late Oligocene site located to the north of Nakwai. The new 40 Ar/39 Ar ages in this stud…

This paper investigates the relationships between natural resources, cultural development, and flows within a living environment and ultimately applies these concepts to a current collision of anthropic, natural, and cultural forces in the Turkana Basin in North-western Kenya. A…

Tropical responses to climate change in the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs provide perspective on the effects of future climate perturbations. Marine records show that African environments have become more arid and grassy in the last four million years. Although terrestrial rec…