Ileret

Ileret
Village
Ileret is located in Kenya
Ileret
Ileret
Location in Kenya
Coordinates: 4°18′42″N 36°13′38″E / 4.31155°N 36.22710°E / 4.31155; 36.22710
Country Kenya
CountyMarsabit County
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Ileret (also spelled Illeret) is a village in Marsabit County, Kenya. It is located in Northern Kenya, on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana, north of Sibiloi National Park and near the Ethiopian border.

Numerous hominin fossils have been found near Ileret, including Homo erectus footprints dating back to about 1.5 million years ago, making them the second oldest hominin footprints ever found after those at Laetoli, Tanzania.[1]

  1. ^ BBC News, 26 February 2009: Earliest 'human footprints' found