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New understanding of Kenyan paleoenvironments opens window on human evolution in the area

Interest in human evolution has stimulated new geological work in the southern rift valley of Kenya. A new Geological Society of America Bulletin article by Anna K. Behrensmeyer and colleagues prese…

Scientists discover evidence of early human innovation, pushing back evolutionary timeline

Anthropologists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and an international team of collaborators have discovered that early humans in East Africa had--by about 320,000 years ago…

Kenyan law commission makes strong case for scrapping of death sentence

Rapid land changes forecast for East African savannahs

A study, presenting a 5000-year environmental history of the popular tourist destination, Amboseli National Park in Kenya, has shown that the impact of climate change on land is more rapid than previ…

Rocking the cradle of humankind

In the peaceful grasslands of northern Tanzania, a frenzy of research is occurring. The Olduvai area (from the Maasai name "Oldupai," for a native succulent plant) came to fame through the …

Kenya: Landmark death penalty judgement must lead to full abolition of cruel punishment

Kenya: Supreme Court to decide on legality of the death penalty

Kenya: Man to hang for stealing toothpaste and toothbrush

3 Kenya men sentenced to death for stripping, abusing woman

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