Lothagam : the dawn of humanity in Eastern Africa

Lothagam Hill, an excavation site at the southwest corner of Lake Turkana in Kenya, contains the world's most significant remains from the savanna grasslands of Africa, which came into being in the later Cenozoic era.

It shows spectacular remains of hippos, giant pigs, grazing antelopes, true giraffes, elephants, and, of course, human beings.

Only Lothagam offers lengthy stratigraphic sequences of more than seven million years, diverse and evolving vertebrate assemblages, and evidence of early human remains.

With more than 300 illustrations, this collection of essays by acknowledged experts provides the definitive account of the geology and dating of the site, along with detailed descriptions of the immense diversity of vertebrate fossils.