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JUNE 25-29; JULY 2-6, 2014 LOG SHEET # 5 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: Linn Bunch, Robbie Curry MEMORY CARD NUMBER - TASCAM: CFCH 20 FILE NAME: BOMA - 0136.wav MEMORY CARD NUMBER - ZOOM H2: CFCH 22 FILE NAME: - PRESENTER: Rick Potts ATE/TIME: Wed July 2/2:00 PROGRAM: "The Search for Human Origins" STAGE: Boma Stage GROUP NAME: REGION/STYLE; Kenya - Mamba Poa - It's All Good [[2 columned table]] | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Dr. Frederic Kyalo Manthi | National Museums of Kenya head of pal [[strikethrough]] ern [[/strikethrough]] paleontology department | CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back): - [[srtikethrough]] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. [[/strikethrough]] introduction - speaker's early interest in fossils, (children books) education - Museums of Kenya include archealogical (sp.?)sites. - Discussion of Kenya's history as the cradle of humanity with massive sites; (more than South Africa's) - discussion of how to locate dig (on likely dig) - by examination of rocks on earths crust - discussion of carbon dating - not relevant to Kenya's fossils as they are too old to use this method. They use argon/argon dating - discussion of Maeve Leakey's research