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Opening of an Acid Etching Lab

On September 22, 2020, an Acid Etching Lab was opened at the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) in Nairobi as a result of a collective programme bringing together the NMK and the “SPLASH” ANR. This Lab is the second of its kind in Africa!

Its construction is the result of collaboration between the NMK, through Fredrick Kyalo Manthi, and the French archaeological project coordinated by Jean-Renaud Boisserie (University of Poitiers), Fabrice Lihoreau (University of Montpellier) and Stéphane Ducrocq (University of Poitiers) via ANR funding (“SPLASH” project) obtained in 2016. It is part of the “Lokone paleontological project” which works on the very ancient levels of the Turkana depression (Oligocene, about 27 million years old). These levels provide a diversified fauna very different from the more recent African fauna and inform us about a very early phase of the evolution of the ecosystems of the East African rift. Among the objectives of this project is the discovery of the remains of hominoid primates (great apes), which are believed to be among the oldest.

IFRA-Nairobi has provided administrative support for the realization of this laboratory.

Inside the acid lab at the National Museums of Kenya, 2020

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