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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

Members of the public are being invited to help hunt for fossils in the Kenyan desert [bbc.com], in an online citizen science initiative called Fossilfinder [fossilfinder.org].

Volunteers will sift one million images from the arid Turkana Basin, a key area for fossils of early human ancestors.

These photos were taken by archaeologists using a special aerial camera system mounted on kites, drones and other devices.

The site launched on Tuesday at the British Science Festival in Bradford.

"It's an opportunity for the public to take part in this immense search for new fossil material at Lake Turkana," Dr Andrew Wilson from the University of Bradford, one of the project's leaders, told journalists at the festival.

The effort is somewhat reminiscent of the search for Steve Fossey's crash site [wikipedia.org].

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