VIDEO

VIDEO

Hunting for Fossils: A Student in Kenya

Hunting for Fossils: A Student in Kenya

Video. Meet a graduate student and learn about his work in the field at Lake Turkana.

Grades

6 - 12+

Subjects

Biology, Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography

This video clip, from the film Bones of Turkana, takes place in the area around ancient Lake Turkana, Kenya. This area is known as a cradle of human life. There is evidence that hominids lived here 4.2 million years ago.

This video tells the story of Dr. Jason Lewis, a paleoanthropologist at the Turkana Basin Institute. Lewis travels the world in the pursuit of science. This video also gives insight into the conditions of the life of a scientist working at Lake Turkana and the reasons fossils are so abundant in the region.

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Writer
Hannah Herrero
Editors
National Geographic Society
Elizabeth Wolzak, National Geographic Society
Expert Reviewer
Jill Wertheim, National Geographic Society
Producers
J.J. Kelley
Alison Michel
other
Last Updated

October 19, 2023

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