Beneath East Africa’s Turkana Rift, scientists have found the crust is thinning to a critical point, suggesting the continent ...

The crust beneath part of Kenya and Ethiopia is thinner than geologists thought, new measurements have found. That has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study of the Turkana in Kenya reveals genetic adaptations to desert survival—and how those same traits may pose health risks ...

Eastern Africa's Turkana Rift is both a hotbed for fossil discoveries of our earliest ancestors and a literal hotbed of ...

A segment of eastern Africa is “primed” to peel away from the rest of the continent far sooner than scientists had previously ...

Through a collaboration between U.S. and Kenyan researchers and Turkana communities of northern Kenya, scientists have uncovered key genetic adaptations underlying survival in hot and dry environments ...

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped scientists piece together the story of human evolution.

New research shows the Turkana Rift in eastern Africa has a much thinner crust than previously recognized, indicating it is further along in the continental rifting process. Scientists say this region ...

President William Ruto has announced plans to establish the Home of Human Origins Museum and Science Park in Turkana County. He spoke during the Tobong'u Lore Festival in Lodwar on Friday, October 25.

In northern Kenya, where the ground is arid, the sun is hot, and water is a daily grind, the people have created a life that has endured for centuries. Their territory extends into Uganda, South Sudan ...