Field Museum mulls temporary bones swap with Kenya
Posted September 19, 2007 11:00 pm
Officials at Chicago's Field Museum say they're considering a temporary trade of bone exhibits with the National Museums of Kenya.
Field Museum President John McCarter says partial bones of the "Lions of Tsavo" could be exchanged for Kenya's "Turkana Boy" skeleton.
The Field displays the stuffed skins of the two lions, which killed over 100 railway workers in East Africa in 1898. Their skulls are kept separate.
Kenyan officials have said they have no intention of acquiring the lions permanently.
"Turkana Boy" is approximately 1.5 million years old and was discovered near Kenya's Lake Turkana.
McCarter says the Field has been talking with Kenya for the past 18 months.
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