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JUNE 25-29; JULY 2-6, 2014
LOG SHEET # -
SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET
LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: BEN CAPISTRANO/ RACHEL CRICHTON
MEMORY CARD NUMBER - TASCAM: CFCH20 
FILE NAME: BOMA 0112
MEMORY CARD NUMBER - ZOOM H2: CFCH22 
FILE NAME: -
PRESENTER: Rick Potts 
DATE/TIME: 6/28
PROGRAM: Kenya - Mambo Poa
STAGE: BOMA
GROUP NAME: THE SEARCH FOR HUMAN ORIGINS
REGION/STYLE: 

[[2 columned table]]
| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |

| Jackson Nzioki Matiuo | -Researcher (Human origin) |
|   | Maker excavator |
|   | - works w/ Smithsonian projects |

CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back):
1. Mambo Poa - "everything is Ok"
2. Mativo - born in Matchaleos District - 65 km SE of Nairobi
3. - farmer - so digging for archaeology is almost natural.
4. Kenya - known for fossils - rel. to human origins -
5. - has been interested in archaeology - since primary sch.
6. - 1992. in Nairobi - met R. Potts - in Kenya Nat. Museum -
7. joined his research team; R. Potts - began proj in S.
8. Kenya in 1985 - info - for geologists; historians, etc. → fossils.
- first discovery - hyenna fossils → buried in caves -
- extinct form of hyenna - short legs, predator/scavenger, jaws - more powerful (1 million yrs ago)< age -
- biggest fossil - elephant - 1m. yrs old -
- favorite fossil - human skull - 2/3 - 9,000 yrs old -