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Ileret

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Lat/Long:
4.31, 36.22
Country:
Kenya
Date range max:
1,550,000 Bp
Date range min:
1,490,000 Bp
Classifications:
Paranthropus boisei
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Ileret (also spelled Illeret) is a village in Marsabit County, Kenya. It is located in Northern Kenya, on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana, north of Sibiloi National Park and near the Ethiopian border.

Numerous hominin fossils have been found near Ileret, including Homo erectus footprints dating back to about 1.5 million years ago, making them the second oldest hominin footprints ever found after those at Laetoli, Tanzania.

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