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This paper reports newly recovered postcranial material from the Nariokotome locality, West Turkana, assigned to Homo ergaster. The specimens include a partial femur and tibial fragments that substantially increase our understanding of locomotor adaptation and body size variation in this taxon during the Early Pleistocene of East Africa.

Analysis of ceramic assemblages from six coastal Kenya sites spanning the 9th to 17th centuries CE reveals persistent technological conservatism alongside dynamic stylistic innovation, reflecting the complex interplay of local production traditions with Indian Ocean trade influences in the development of Swahili material culture.

A four-year systematic survey of vascular plant communities across Kenya's remaining montane forest fragments, documenting species richness, endemism, and conservation status. The survey recorded 2,840 vascular plant taxa, including 124 species new to science and 18 species considered previously extinct in Kenya.

Comprehensive georeferenced occurrence dataset for 485 East African mammal species compiled from NMK specimen records, field surveys, and historical literature review. Includes 124,600 georeferenced records spanning 134 years, with full taxonomic authority, collection date, collector, and geographic precision metadata.

A comprehensive catalogue of the 4,800 Maasai material culture objects held in NMK's ethnographic collection, with contextual ethnographic commentary, provenance notes, collection history, and contemporary community perspectives on the significance of specific object categories.