The Nyakach Formation of western Kenya provides a rare Middle Miocene (ca. 14–16 Ma.) terrestrial record bearing the monkey, Victoriapithecus macinnes…

The isolation of dental proteins from fossils deposited 1.5 million to 18 million years ago in the Turkana Basin in Kenya, a tropical region, demonstrate the promise of dental enamel for palaeoproteom...

Apes lived in this changing environment, which helped shape their evolution.Their behavior and diet were influenced by the landscape.

Fossils discovered at an early Miocene site in Kenya include a new type of early ape and offer clues about the environment inhabited by human ancestors.