Formal subdivision of the Quaternary System/Period: Present status and future directions
MJ Head - Quaternary International, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Quaternary System/Period and Pleistocene Series/Epoch were defined in 2009
by the Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Gelasian Stage/Age …
by the Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Gelasian Stage/Age …
Reconstructing the environmental context of human origins in Eastern Africa through scientific drilling
AS Cohen, CJ Campisano… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
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 …
Orbital controls on eastern African hydroclimate in the Pleistocene
Understanding eastern African paleoclimate is critical for contextualizing early human
evolution, adaptation, and dispersal, yet Pleistocene climate of this region and its governing …
evolution, adaptation, and dispersal, yet Pleistocene climate of this region and its governing …
Abrupt climate change and its influences on hominin evolution during the early Pleistocene in the Turkana Basin, Kenya
Rapid climate variability has been hypothesized to play an important role in hominin
evolution, yet our knowledge of Plio-Pleistocene climate change on short timescales is poor …
evolution, yet our knowledge of Plio-Pleistocene climate change on short timescales is poor …
A leaf wax biomarker record of early Pleistocene hydroclimate from West Turkana, Kenya
Climate is thought to play a critical role in human evolution; however, this hypothesis is
difficult to test due to a lack of long, high-quality paleoclimate records from key hominin fossil …
difficult to test due to a lack of long, high-quality paleoclimate records from key hominin fossil …
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 …
Chronostratigraphic model of a high-resolution drill core record of the past million years from the Koora Basin, south Kenya Rift: Overcoming the difficulties of variable …
Abstract The Olorgesailie Drilling Project and the related Hominin Sites and Paleolakes
Drilling Project in East Africa were initiated to test hypotheses and models linking …
Drilling Project in East Africa were initiated to test hypotheses and models linking …
Orbital influence on precipitation, fire, and grass community composition from 1.87 to 1.38 Ma in the Turkana Basin, Kenya
The Turkana Basin in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia has yielded hundreds of
hominin fossils and is among the most important localities in the world for studying human …
hominin fossils and is among the most important localities in the world for studying human …
Seasonality and lake water temperature inferred from the geochemistry and sclerochronology of quaternary freshwater bivalves from the Turkana Basin, Ethiopia and …
AS Cohen, J Manobianco, DL Dettman… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reconstructing past environmental variability at short (annual-decadal) time scales is critical
for understanding ecosystem change and ecological drivers of evolution. One promising …
for understanding ecosystem change and ecological drivers of evolution. One promising …
Influences of dietary niche expansion and Pliocene environmental changes on the origins of stone tool making
The world's oldest known stone tools discovered at the Pliocene site of Lomekwi 3 (LOM3) in
the Nachukui Formation, northern Kenya, signals a prodigious behavioral change in the …
the Nachukui Formation, northern Kenya, signals a prodigious behavioral change in the …