The Palaeo-Agulhas Plain: Temporal and spatial variation in an extraordinary extinct ecosystem of the Pleistocene of the Cape Floristic Region

CW Marean, RM Cowling, J Franklin - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
At the height of its extent, during strong glacials, the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain (PAP, south coast
of South Africa) was the size of Ireland, sometimes doubling the size of the extant Cape …

Sea-level change in southern Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum

JAG Cooper, AN Green, JS Compton - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Sea-level change around southern Africa (southern Namibia, South Africa, southern
Mozambique) since Termination I has been quantified using a variety of indicators. Existing …

Last Interglacial Iberian Neandertals as fisher-hunter-gatherers

J Zilhão, DE Angelucci, MA Igreja, LJ Arnold, E Badal… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION A record of the regular exploitation of aquatic foods has been lacking in
Neandertal Europe. By contrast, marine resources feature prominently—alongside personal …

Archeology, environment, and chronology of the Early Middle Stone Age component of Wonderwerk Cave

M Chazan, F Berna, J Brink, M Ecker, S Holt… - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Although the Middle Stone Age (MSA) of southern Africa, associated with major
cultural innovation including aspects of symbolic behavior and the development of complex …

Geological and soil maps of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain for the Last Glacial Maximum

HC Cawthra, RM Cowling, S Andò… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The South African Cape South Coast is bordered by one of the broadest continental
shelves in Africa. The Agulhas Bank, inshore shelf and presently exposed coastal plain …

The chronological, sedimentary and environmental context for the archaeological deposits at Blombos Cave, South Africa

Z Jacobs, BG Jones, HC Cawthra… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The site of Blombos Cave (BBC) is well known for archaeological remains that have
advanced our understanding of the development of modern human behaviour during the …

Pleistocene vertebrate tracksites on the Cape south coast of South Africa and their potential palaeoecological implications

CW Helm, HC Cawthra, RM Cowling… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Body fossil remains usually provide the main palaeontological resource for
palaeoecological studies. Ichnology has the capacity to independently complement such …

Early, intensive marine resource exploitation by Middle Stone Age humans at Ysterfontein 1 rockshelter, South Africa

EM Niespolo, WD Sharp, G Avery… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Modern human behavioral innovations from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) include the earliest
indicators of full coastal adaptation evidenced by shell middens, yet many MSA middens …

A new Pleistocene hominin tracksite from the Cape south coast, South Africa

CW Helm, RT McCrea, HC Cawthra, MG Lockley… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
A Late Pleistocene hominin tracksite has been identified in coastal aeolianite rocks on the
Cape south coast of South Africa, an area of great significance for the emergence of modern …

[HTML][HTML] 海洋沉积物释光测年现状与展望

姜涛, 胡亦潘, 周从艳, 陈康林, 梁晨, 宋霖 - 地质科技通报, 2022 - dzkjqb.cug.edu.cn
自释光现象被用于沉积物测年的半个多世纪以来, 释光测年技术已被广泛应用于各类海洋沉积物
的年代测定, 为古环境古气候和构造活动及地形地貌演变等研究提供了高精度年代学约束的同时 …