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JUNE 25-29; JULY 2-6, 2014 LOG SHEET# 1 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: BILL ALDACUSHION MEMORY CARD NUMBER - TASCAM: CFCH20 FILE NAME: BOMA_0092 MEMORY CARD NUMBER - ZOOM H2: CFCH22 FILE NAME: PRESENTER: JENNIFER CLARK [[crossed out]] Abun [[/crossed out]] DATE/TIME: 26 JUNE 14/11 AM PROGRAM: KENYA STAGE: BOMA GROUP NAME: IN SEARCH FOR HUMAN ORIGINS REGION/STYLE: NORTH KENYA [[2 column table]] PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION 1 ||FREDARICK MANTHI |[[crossed-out]] FREDARICH MANTHI RESEARCHER[[/crossed-out]] PALEONTOLOGIST|| || | NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA [[CROSSED-OUT]] RESEARCHER [[/CROSSED-OUT]]|| Q&A CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back): [[numbered rows but were not used]] Described National Museums of Kenya - Complex of museums HQ'D in Nairobi; & Its mission as custodian of heritage + culture Dr Manthi's Background: Father worked with Leakys and instilled passion for paleontology. University of Capetown How old is oldest human fossil he has found: 4.1 million years in N. Kenya Climate 4.1 M years ago; use different proxies to determine climate. Use rodent, pigs. Environment not that much different than today [[crossed out]] What is Glosst [[/crossed out]] Shark teeth + heads of very big fresh water fish, reptiles, elephant, pigs in N. Kenya "Cradle of "Humanity" -> Kenya "Human Kind" -> S. Africa. 14M years back (over) 3 mil years back
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