Koobi Fora

[ koo-bee fawr-uh ]

noun

1. an archaeological locality on the northeastern side of Lake Turkana, in northern Kenya, yielding important early hominin fossils and some of the oldest hominin areas with stone tools, bone food waste, and possible evidence of fire use, dating from 1.1–4.2 million years ago.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Koobi Fora¹

First recorded in 1965–70