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  1. Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 1QH, UK

    M. Mirazón Lahr, F. Rivera, R. K. Power, A. Mounier, B. Copsey, F. Crivellaro, J. Lawrence, H. Miller, D. M. Mukhongo, A. Van Baelen, A. Wilshaw & R. A. Foley

  2. Turkana Basin Institute, PO box 24467-00502, Nairobi, Kenya

    M. Mirazón Lahr, C. Kiarie, A. Leakey & R. A. Foley

  3. National Museums of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta House, PO box 152-30500, Lodwar, Kenya

    J. E. Edung

  4. Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueologia, UNED, c/ Paseo Senda del Rey, 7, Madrid, 28040, Spain

    J. M. Maillo Fernandez

  5. National Museums of Kenya, PO box 40658-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

    E. Mbua

  6. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, PO box 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya

    A. Muigai

  7. Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Building 142, Mills Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    R. Wood & R. Grün

  8. Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK

    J.-L. Schwenninger

  9. Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, 4111, Queensland, Australia

    R. Grün

  10. Department of Geology, Anna University, Chennai, 600025, Tamil Nadu, India

    H. Achyuthan

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