Search blogs for entries on Chesowanja

Afarensis

Anthropology.net

John Hawkes

Mundo Neanderthal (Español)

Caveman's Corner

Google Blog Search

Approximate age:1,710,000 years old=average of minimum (1.42 Ma) and maximum (2 Ma)

Date based on: K-Ar See map of sites with similar ages

Dating reference: Kullmer, O., Sandrock, O., Abel, R., Schrenk, F., Bromage, T. G., & Juwayeyi, Y. M. (1999). The first Paranthropus from the Malawi Rift. Journal of human evolution, 37(1), 121.
Bromage, T. G., Schrenk, F., & Zonneveld, F. W. (1995). Paleoanthropology of the Malawi Rift: an early hominid mandible from the Chiwondo Beds, northern Malawi. Journal of human evolution, 28(1), 71-108.
Hooker, P. J., & Miller, J. A. (1979). K-Ar dating of the Pleistocene fossil hominid site at Chesowanja, North Kenya.

Hominids: Australopithecus boisei       

Archaeology:Oldowan/undiagnostic  Disputed evidence for fire    

Important specimens: KNM-CH 1, a right hemiface and anterior cranial base, KNM-CH 304 a frangmentary cranium.

Notes: Evidence for use of fire here is inconclusive. The original authors clearly state that it is possible this fire was made by lightning strikes or brush fires. See Gowlett, J. A. J., Harris, J. W. K., Walton, D., & Wood, B. A. (1981). Early archaeological sites, hominid remains and traces of fire from Chesowanja, Kenya. ; Keywords: paranthropus Paranthropus

Location: Chemoigut Formation, Lake Baringo Area, Kenya
Map location/coordinates reference: Hooker, P. J., & Miller, J. A. (1979). K-Ar dating of the Pleistocene fossil hominid site at Chesowanja, North Kenya.

Key references:   Wood, B. (Ed.). (2011). Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution, 2 Volume Set: Wiley-Blackwell.