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Caroline’s Blog: June 25: Of Wildebeest Bones and a Strong Wind
Dry, scattered bones of the Wildebeest Leftovers from the carnivores’ feast Through goats and through wind We flagged, labeled and binned One hundred eighty six bones at least Quote of the day: ”A limerick a day keeps the diarrhea away” … Continue reading
Caroline’s Blog: June 24: The Tooth Collector
Today I was a scavenging bird I dug up teeth from an ancient herd They once grazed and browsed Then in stone they were housed By ash, dust, and stone tools obscured Quote of Day: “What did you get … Continue reading
Day 6 (June 23): In Which The Day Of Rest Is Observed
The start of our second week in Africa brought a new focus to our curriculum. We began the transition from current ecology to paleoecology and archaeology, led by Dr. Dominguez-Rodrigo. Our day began with breakfast at camp followed by a … Continue reading
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Rose’s Blog Day 7– Writiten on the Roaod
Hellof to m8yy loyal treadership– todcay’s entry is writteh from our tru8sty aLandf Cruiser on an extremely (yet not exceptionally) bummpy road. We are departing forom a lodge (also, itonically, cvalld “Olduvai Camnp,” though we are quite literally rcampinin Olduvaio … Continue reading
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Caroline’s Blog: June 23: Early Hominid Time
In Olduvai, they dig up old tooth bones Alas, there’s no service for our phones Ancient humans carved tools Turns out they weren’t fools Now we tell their stories from sharp stones Quote of the day: “A triscuit for the … Continue reading
Caroline’s Blog: June 21: There is Dust in my Eyeballs
Today’s mission was to set up 6 camera traps in the Olbalbal floodplain to answer a scientific inquiry. After much deliberation, we came to a consensus on the following question: How does proximity to the Olbalbal lake impact the species … Continue reading
