Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

Soils comprise the largest terrestrial carbon (C) pool, containing both organic and inorganic
C. Soil inorganic carbon (SIC) was frequently disregarded because (1) it is partly heritage …

Terrestrial plant biomarkers and their carbon isotopes provide insights into carbon cycling,
paleovegetation and paleoclimate, ranging in scale from local to global. Over the past …

Poaceae (the grasses) is arguably the most successful plant family, in terms of its global
occurrence in (almost) all ecosystems with angiosperms, its ecological dominance in many …

Current evidence suggests that all of the major events in hominin evolution have occurred in
East Africa. Over the last two decades, there has been intensive work undertaken to …

It is widely believed that the Sahara desert is no more than∼ 2–3 million years (Myr) old,
with geological evidence showing a remarkable aridification of north Africa at the onset of …

The recent decline in Horn of Africa rainfall during the March–May “long rains” season has
fomented drought and famine, threatening food security in an already vulnerable region …

A large stable isotope dataset from East and Central Africa from ca. 30 regional collection
sites that range from forest to grassland shows that most extant East and Central African …

Investigations into how climate change shaped human evolution have begun to focus on
environmental dynamics, ie, the nature and tempo of climate and landscape variability, an …