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Lower Paleolithic Archaeological Site in Homa Peninsula, Kenya
Nyayanga is a Lower Paleolithic period site containing artifacts and fossils dated to 3.032-2.595 million years ago. Nyayanga is one of the oldest Oldowan localities discovered to date, and over 1,776 fossils and 330 artifacts have been recovered from the top half of its NY-1 layer, which roughly dates to 3-2.6 million years ago. Recent excavations include the Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropological Project's excavations from 2016 to 2023 yielding 272 NY-1 layer artifacts and a July 2025 project uncovering tools believed to be older than 2.6 million years.
