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-> OLDER THAN ETHIOPIA & TANZANIA (3.4 MILLION YEARS AGO)
° HOME SAPIONS & PRECURSERS RELATIONSHIP/INTERATION
^A LOT OF IN-FIGHTING: SPAR MARKS
° "OUT OF ARFRICA" -> HOMO ENPACTUS SPICIES 
1ST ->
2ND ->
° "OSTRA BEDICAN" (?) OLOPST 4.19 MILLION
SP
° ROLES OF KANYAN VS WESTERN PALYONTOLOGIST 
NOT A LOT OF GOVT FUNDING
- MOST SUPPORT FROM US: LOAKY, SMITHONSIAN, NSF & UNIVERSITIES.
° CAN US COLLORATE WITH ETHIOPIA PALYONTOLOGIST? YES
- MORE DIFFICULT TO GET PERMITS, EASIER IN KENYA
° DOES GOVT PROVIDES ENOUGH SACURITY OF FOSSILS: YES
° PRE-HISTORY CLUB OF KENYA: FOUNDED BY DR. MENTH;
- ROACH OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE, ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION
IN TAKING CARE OF HERITAGE SITES.
° ZIMBABWE ANCIENT CITY: DEBATE ARE 
WHO BUILT IT. MORE ? THAN FOSSILS
° PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF FOSSILS: PREVENTED BY LAW.
FOSSILS BELONG TO GOVERNMENT (NMK)
° DESCRIBE TYPICAL DAY IN THE FIELD. ARE PARTICULAR SEASON BETTER TO WORK. DR. MARTHI WORKS TWO 
PROJFECTS AVIOD RAINY SEASONS
SITE #1 MAY & JUNE
SITE #2 JAN & FEB
STARTS EARLY IN DAY TO AVOID HOT WEATHER 
TAKE BREAK 11-2:30 HOTEST PART OF DAY
° WHAT WAS FIRST FOSSIL HE FOUND & HOW DID IT MAKE IT FOSSIL
° KUDU DATED 3.4 MIL YEARS 02D, NOW SPECIES 
NAMED FORM DR. MARTHI MIDDLE NAME
° HOW DID HE IDENTIFY FOSSILS WHEN HE FINDS SOMETHING NEW: CONSULTS WITH OTHER SPECIALISTS

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