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The new sign that Rutto made and installed in 2024 to welcome visitors to his community prehistoric site.
The hominid’s head sculpture on the sign was given to Rutto by the late Perry Hennessy, who ran Island Camp Resort and who employed Rutto as head waiter there. Rutto asked him for it and Perry replied “if it is good for your prehistoric site, you can take it.” A nice touch in memory of Perry.
Now everyone loves having their photo taken with the sign and sculpture. When will you have your photo taken ?
In February 2025, twelve experts, geologists from Kenya and Spain and members from Kenya's National Museum visited the site. The object of their visit was to determine whether the site would qualify to become a Geosite.
It was verbally considered yes and it was also urgently recommended that the site be protected with a fence and a roof over the hominid footprints.
Rutto will be contacted for the planning of the next steps.
In September 2024, Rutto made a new discovery of a group of ten to fifteen antelope footprints walking together, just 100 metres from the hominid footprints.
