The eastern shore of lake Turkana,which lies within the eastern province is where lots of hominid fossils(australopithecus,homo habilis and homo erectus) as well as the stone tools made by the hominids have been found at places like koobi Fora.
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(The Turkanas after those the lake is named have the highest mitochondrial DNA variations in the world, possibly nearest to the mitochondrial Eve
Monday, 5 September 2011
Science related travel and places,Rift valley province,kenya
In the eastern half of this province along the western side of lake turkana(formerly known as lake rudolf)(the other side of lake turkana is in Eastern province), there are sites where
Acheulian tools have been found that are over a million years old.
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Acheulian tools have been found that are over a million years old.
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Saturday, 23 April 2011
science related travel and places,cambridgeshire,england,uk
Cambridge university is where james watson and francis crick discovered the double helix structure of dna in 1953 which they also told the patron of the eagle pub in bene't street,they told the pub goers one day in 1953 that they had discovered the secret of life.
Sunday, 26 December 2010
science related travel and places,Yunnan,china
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A hillside in Luoping County is the location where scientists have discovered over 20,000 fossils of life that came into existance after the Permian era extinction that saw most land and sea species lost in what is called `the great dying'.
Fossils include ammonites,plankton,ichtysaurs and saurichthyses etc
Over in Chengjiang county,there are also fossils bed from the cambrian era.
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A hillside in Luoping County is the location where scientists have discovered over 20,000 fossils of life that came into existance after the Permian era extinction that saw most land and sea species lost in what is called `the great dying'.
Fossils include ammonites,plankton,ichtysaurs and saurichthyses etc
Over in Chengjiang county,there are also fossils bed from the cambrian era.
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Saturday, 30 October 2010
science related travel and places,canterbury region,new zealand
There is the St John Observatory near lake tekapo,where the stars can be oberved.
Science related travel and places,Coquimbo region,chile
The European Extremely Large Telescope,the world's largest telescopes, is located in the cerro armazones area.
Sunday, 17 October 2010
science related travel and places,glasgow city council,scotland,uk
Glasgow science centre is a hands-on science experience.
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