| The open savannas where the earliest bipeds evolved were hot, with little shade, and the effect of the sun would have been severe. |
| One-quarter of the territory endures practically in its wild state with rainforests, dry tropical forest, and savannas. |
| It is a perennial forb that prefers dry, sterile, and sandy soils, often in dry, open woodlands, savannas, or clearings. |
| Although adjacent to dense forests altered by silviculture, vegetation in the swale resembles that of boggy pine savannas or flatwoods. |
| At that time, the lowland savannas were settled by large numbers of farmer-herders who were ancestors to present-day Luo and Kipsigis. |
| There are also some limited extensions of gallery forests and palm tree savannas. |
