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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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