Monthly Archives: July 2024

Kacey’s Blog: Day 6 6/23/24

Posted on July 2, 2024 by kc122

Hi blog. Yesterday, we visited an Olduvai Gorge excavation site. It was so cool!! Finally, we’re getting right into the biological anthropology / archaeology side of this trip! We started the morning with a tour of the Olduvai Gorge museum … Continue reading →

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Kacey’s Blog: Day 5 6/22/24

Posted on July 2, 2024 by kc122

Hi blog. Today has been a good day! I’m feeling better from my mystery illness, but Carina’s starting to feel sick (different illness, not my fault). We didn’t get to shower yesterday or the day before due to water conservation … Continue reading →

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Kacey’s Blog: Day 4 6/21/24

Posted on July 2, 2024 by kc122

Hi blog. Today was a lot better of a day than yesterday. I woke up in the middle of the night and was in the bathroom for an hour. That morning, I skipped breakfast as per the doctor’s request. I … Continue reading →

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Kacey’s Blog: Day 3 6/20/24

Posted on July 2, 2024 by kc122

Hi blog. Day 3 was definitely a doozy for me. I woke up, had breakfast, and immediately felt sick to my stomach. We had breakfast at 6 am after max 5 hours of sleep, so when we drove that morning … Continue reading →

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Kacey’s Blog: Day 2 6/19/24

Posted on July 2, 2024 by kc122

Hi blog. Today, we left the EcoScience Lodge for the Ngorongoro Forest Lodge. I really liked the EcoScience lodge so it’s sad to go, but the new lodge is extremely luxurious as well. We’re definitely on a more touristy path … Continue reading →

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Day 10 (June 27): In Which I Very Much Resemble A Walking Cloud Of Dust

Posted on July 2, 2024 by vhl2

It was a melancholy feeling to be starting our final day. Though the trip wasn’t over yet (Istanbul make some noise), we were still ending something here. The feeling of a Sunday night before work on Monday was prevalent in … Continue reading →

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Day 9 (June 26): In Which I Am Become Indiana, Jones Of Bones

Posted on July 2, 2024 by vhl2

Archaeology Is like a plane ride No position Works – Freeform poem; I’m really scraping the barrel here Sweltering heat beats down. The sun’s glare is not so much angry as it is incensed, and the skin on my back … Continue reading →

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Alex’s Blog: Into the Gulley (6/24)

Posted on July 2, 2024 by al125

I was a little geologist today. We started off the morning at a secluded gulley within Olduvai Gorge. Wet season erosion uncovered new material from the gulley’s outcrop, which we surveyed for teeth from the L.A.S. layer – a strata … Continue reading →

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Milton’s Blog: Course Review and Wrap Up (7/2)

Posted on July 2, 2024 by mtn10

I found that the animals we observed in the wild behaved generally as you would expect based off the information you read in textbooks or have heard from other personal accounts. One surprising behavior to me was that I noticed … Continue reading →

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Milton’s Blog: World Traveler (6/29)

Posted on July 2, 2024 by mtn10

One lesson I will surely take from this trip is that very little sleep, a very early wake up, and a very long flight are never a good combination. Unfortunately, those were the cards dealt to me for our flight … Continue reading →

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