Koobi Fora

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archaeological site paleoanthropological site

Koobi Fora is a renowned paleoanthropological and archaeological site in northern Kenya famous for its rich fossil record of early humans and other prehistoric life.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Koobi Fora canonical	2
Koobi Fora Field Research Station	1
Koobi Fora Formation	1
Koobi Fora Museum	1
Koobi Fora Research Project	1
Koobi Fora fossil deposits	1
Koobi Fora region	1
Koobi Fora region (Lake Turkana area)	1
Nariokotome	1
Richard Leakey’s Koobi Fora Research Project	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ paleoanthropological site ⓘ
administrativeRegion	Turkana County ⓘ
contributedTo	reconstruction of East African paleoenvironment ⓘ understanding of human evolution ⓘ
country	Kenya ⓘ
datingMethodsUsed	paleomagnetic dating ⓘ radiometric dating ⓘ
discoveredBy	Richard Leakey ⓘ
fossilPreservation	exceptional ⓘ
geologicalAge	Pleistocene epoch ⓘ surface form: Pleistocene Pliocene ⓘ
geologicalFormation	Koobi Fora self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Koobi Fora Formation
hasClimate	arid ⓘ
hasLandscape	eroded badlands ⓘ
hasResearchCamp	Koobi Fora self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Koobi Fora Field Research Station
hasSediments	fluvial deposits ⓘ lacustrine deposits ⓘ volcanic ash layers ⓘ
knownFor	Acheulean stone tools ⓘ Oldowan stone tools ⓘ abundant vertebrate fossils ⓘ prehistoric fauna and flora ⓘ rich fossil record of early humans ⓘ
locatedIn	East Africa ⓘ Northern Kenya ⓘ surface form: northern Kenya
locatedOn	eastern shore of Lake Turkana ⓘ
nearbySettlement	Ileret ⓘ Kalokol ⓘ
partOf	Great Rift Valley ⓘ Lake Turkana ⓘ surface form: Lake Turkana Basin
previousAdministrativeRegion	Rift Valley Province ⓘ
recognizedAs	key site for early hominin evolution ⓘ
researchedBy	National Museums of Kenya ⓘ surface form: Kenya National Museums Koobi Fora self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Koobi Fora Research Project Leakey family ⓘ
significantFind	Homo erectus fossils ⓘ Homo habilis fossils ⓘ Paranthropus boisei fossils ⓘ cranial fossils of early hominins ⓘ early Homo sapiens-related material ⓘ fossil fish ⓘ fossil mammals ⓘ fossil reptiles ⓘ postcranial fossils of early hominins ⓘ
stratigraphy	well-exposed sedimentary sequences ⓘ
timeSpanOfDeposits	approximately 4 million to 1 million years ago ⓘ
toolIndustryEvidence	Acheulean ⓘ Oldowan stone tools ⓘ surface form: Oldowan

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Turkana → nearSite → Koobi Fora ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nariokotome

Turkana County → hasHeritageSite → Koobi Fora ⓘ

this entity surface form: Koobi Fora region (Lake Turkana area)

Sibiloi National Park → knownFor → Koobi Fora ⓘ

this entity surface form: Koobi Fora fossil deposits

Sibiloi National Park → contains → Koobi Fora ⓘ

this entity surface form: Koobi Fora region

Sibiloi National Park → contains → Koobi Fora ⓘ

this entity surface form: Koobi Fora Museum

Northern Kenya → hasArchaeologicalSite → Koobi Fora ⓘ

Koobi Fora → geologicalFormation → Koobi Fora self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Koobi Fora Formation

Koobi Fora → researchedBy → Koobi Fora self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Koobi Fora Research Project

Koobi Fora → hasResearchCamp → Koobi Fora self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Koobi Fora Field Research Station

Turkana Boy fossil → discoveredDuring → Koobi Fora ⓘ

subject surface form: Turkana Boy

this entity surface form: Richard Leakey’s Koobi Fora Research Project