Reconstructing the environmental context of human origins in Eastern Africa through scientific drilling
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Paleoanthropologists have long speculated about the role of environmental change in
shaping human evolution in Africa. In recent years, drill cores of late Neogene lacustrine …
shaping human evolution in Africa. In recent years, drill cores of late Neogene lacustrine …
Pleistocene climate variability in eastern Africa influenced hominin evolution
Despite more than half a century of hominin fossil discoveries in eastern Africa, the regional
environmental context of hominin evolution and dispersal is not well established due to the …
environmental context of hominin evolution and dispersal is not well established due to the …
Changes in the cyclicity and variability of the eastern African paleoclimate over the last 620 kyrs
There is ongoing debate concerning whether or not changes in the eastern African climate,
both long-term and short-term, affected the evolution, dispersal, cultural development, and …
both long-term and short-term, affected the evolution, dispersal, cultural development, and …
Do grazers equal grasslands? Strengthening paleoenvironmental inferences through analysis of present-day African mammals
Expanding grassy ecosystems through the late Cenozoic may have driven ecological and
evolutionary change in hominins and other African mammals. However, we lack a …
evolutionary change in hominins and other African mammals. However, we lack a …
A spatiotemporally explicit paleoenvironmental framework for the Middle Stone Age of eastern Africa
Eastern Africa has played a prominent role in debates about human evolution and dispersal
due to the presence of rich archaeological, palaeoanthropological and palaeoenvironmental …
due to the presence of rich archaeological, palaeoanthropological and palaeoenvironmental …
[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear time series analysis of palaeoclimate proxy records
Identifying and characterising dynamical regime shifts, critical transitions or potential tipping
points in palaeoclimate time series is relevant for improving the understanding of often …
points in palaeoclimate time series is relevant for improving the understanding of often …
Using multiple chronometers to establish a long, directly-dated lacustrine record: constraining> 600,000 years of environmental change at Chew Bahir, Ethiopia
Despite eastern Africa being a key location in the emergence of Homo sapiens and their
subsequent dispersal out of Africa, there is a paucity of long, well-dated climate records in …
subsequent dispersal out of Africa, there is a paucity of long, well-dated climate records in …
Diverse response of global terrestrial vegetation to astronomical forcing and CO2 during the MIS-11 and MIS-13 interglacials
Disentangling the links between terrestrial vegetation changes and astronomical forcing as
well as CO2 is of great help to understand the sensitivity of contemporary vegetation and …
well as CO2 is of great help to understand the sensitivity of contemporary vegetation and …
Early warning signals of the termination of the African Humid Period (s)
The transition from a humid green Sahara to today's hyperarid conditions in northern Africa~
5.5 thousand years ago shows the dramatic environmental change to which human …
5.5 thousand years ago shows the dramatic environmental change to which human …
Exploring the past biosphere of chew Bahir/Southern Ethiopia: Cross-species hybridization capture of ancient sedimentary DNA from a deep drill Core
Eastern Africa has been a prime target for scientific drilling because it is rich in key
paleoanthropological sites as well as in paleolakes, containing valuable paleoclimatic …
paleoanthropological sites as well as in paleolakes, containing valuable paleoclimatic …