Alumni Spotlight StoryFeatured StoryMedicine and ResearchResearchSocial SciencesStony Brook MattersSustainability Turkana Basin Researchers to Probe Climate Change and Evolution in East Africa In the summer of 1964, a Yale undergrad named J.G. Mead discovered a beaked whale fossil during an expedition in what is now the Turkana region of northwest Kenya. The 17-million-year-old fossil played an integral role... October 1, 20207 min read