US and Kenyan researchers have collaborated on a study that has revealed more about genetic adaptations in people that have occurred because of environmental pressures. This effort focused on people ...

Scientists discovered genetic variants in the Turkana that help conserve water in deserts, but these variants may now raise disease risks in urban settings, early data suggest. When you purchase ...

The Turkana people and their southern neighbors, the Pokot, have been feuding for generations. But a spate of droughts in recent decades is... Kenyan Tribes Battle for Shrinking Resources Kenya's ...

The good news is in. Turkana is the place to be with its huge water reservoir and plenty of oil to boot. Natural resources are in plenty and the future is bright for Turkana. Initially, nobody really ...

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 ...

For centuries, the Turkana pastoralists of northern Kenya have followed the water. Families once moved about 15 times a year in search of watering holes for their cows, donkeys, camels, goats and ...

MSF emergency health promotion manager Anthony Kinyua was part of MSF's emergency response to a surge in malaria cases in ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Former Mining and Petroleum CS John Munyes accompanied Defence CS Eugen Wamalwa during his ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell University researchers have contributed to a multi-institutional study of how the nomadic Turkana people of northern Kenya – who have lived for thousands of years in extreme ...

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Funding for Klehm's research on the pillar site stone beads was provided by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. On the shores of Lake Turkana in east Africa, about 5,000 to 4,000 years ago, pastoralists ...

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