Honour finds Kenya’s oldest fossil hunter Kamoya Kimeu
Sunday July 18 2021
Kamoya Kimeu (centre) with Richard Leakey and Isaiah Nengo at the same convocation ceremony. PHOTO | TURKANA BASIN INSTITUTE
Summary
Kamoya Kimeu, 81, received an honorary Doctor of Science from the Case Western Reserve University.
Kimeu is Kenya’s oldest living fossil finder and one of the most unrecognised masters in the science of human evolution.
The Turkana Basin Institute is a scientific. research centre in Turkana and Marsabit counties in northern Kenya
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On an overcast Sunday afternoon in May 2021, a small gathering of people watched in Nairobi as the one of the world’s most successful fossil finders was awarded a PhD degree.