Category Archives: Olduvai Gorge

Alex’s Blog: Last Day at Olduvai (6/27)

Posted on July 2, 2024 by al125

This morning, I defied all odds and learned an entire year’s-worth of content in less than an hour. Don’t believe me? Good, because I certainly didn’t learn everything, but I got the basics. Dr. Manuel taught us how to identify … Continue reading →

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Alex’s Blog: We’re Diggin’ (6/26)

Posted on July 2, 2024 by al125

I excavated a 1.4-million-year-old stone tool today. No big deal. We spent today at Olduvai’s BK dig site – one of the original sites excavated by Mary and Lewis Leaky, the archaeologists who discovered the Gorge. Each student was assigned … Continue reading →

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Kacey’s Blog: Day 10 6/27/24

Posted on July 2, 2024 by kc122

Hi blog. We spent the morning today learning about the different bone modifications that can be made by carnivores and hominids. Professor Dominguez Rodrigo showed us a couple of examples of punctures, furrowing, scoring, and pitting on bones. These are … Continue reading →

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Kacey’s Blog: Day 9 6/26/24

Posted on July 2, 2024 by kc122

Hi blog. Today was amazing! After breakfast, we headed over to the BK dig site. Professor Dominguez Rodrigo informed us that we would be participating in the actual excavation! We all claimed individual square plots, grabbed a flathead screwdriver, bucket, … Continue reading →

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Kacey’s Blog: Day 8 6/25/24

Posted on July 2, 2024 by kc122

Hi blog. Today was very eventful. We started the morning by learning how to conduct transects. We separated into groups of three and used quadrats that were two feet by two feet and we placed them every ten feet of … Continue reading →

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Kacey’s Blog: Day 7 6/24/24

Posted on July 2, 2024 by kc122

Hi blog. Today was so cool! We started the day with a short lecture from David about the layers of rock that we would find at the Olduvai dig site. I learned that the LAS layer is fossil rich and … Continue reading →

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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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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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