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AN important expedition for archæological and geological exploration of the Northern Frontier Province of Kenya Colony left England on January 4. Its purpose is to carry out a topographical and geological survey in the neighbourhood of Lake Rudolph in the great Rift Valley of East Africa. Particular attention will be given to the search for evidence of an archaeological or palaeontological nature bearing upon the problem of the antiquity of man in the area, in the hope of extending further northward knowledge supplementing the discoveries made by Dr. L. S. B. Leakey in Kenya and Tanganyika. The personnel of the expedition will include two surveyors, Mr. R. C. Wakefield of the Sudan Survey and Mr. W. H. R. Martin of the University of Oxford. Mr. D. G. Maclnnes will be responsible for mammalian palaeontology, and Mr. J. F. Millard will act as archaeologist. Dr. W. Dyson, medical officer of the expedition, will collect zoological specimens and Mr. V. E. Fuchs, who is the leader, is in charge of geology. The work of the expedition, which is supported by a number of learned societies, including the Royal Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the British Association, is planned to occupy about a year.
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Expedition to East Africa. Nature 133, 59 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133059c0
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