Cornell 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 desert conditions—evolved to ...

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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 desert conditions ...

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Northern Kenya is not an easy place to live. Sun burns the ground, water sources disappear quickly, and food is never guaranteed. Yet the Turkana people have made this desert home for thousands of ...