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title: Lake Turkana, Kenya
author: Doron
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6117/lake-turkana-kenya/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Lake Turkana, Kenya

_Authored by Doron_

## Image File

[![Lake Turkana, Kenya](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6117.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6117.jpg)

## Image Caption

South island of Lake Turkana in Kenya, an area in which some of the earliest hominin (i.e. human species and their immediate ancestors) fossils and tools have been found.

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### MLA
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## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LakeTurkanaSouthIsland.jpg) by [**Doron**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LakeTurkanaSouthIsland.jpg). Submitted by [Emma Groeneveld](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/emmagroeneveld1/ "User Page: Emma Groeneveld"), published on 09 December 2016. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.