Age of the oldest known Homo sapiens from eastern Africa
Efforts to date the oldest modern human fossils in eastern Africa, from Omo-Kibish,–and
Herto, in Ethiopia, have drawn on a variety of chronometric evidence, including 40Ar/39Ar …
Herto, in Ethiopia, have drawn on a variety of chronometric evidence, including 40Ar/39Ar …
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 …
[HTML][HTML] Geochronology and glass geochemistry of major pleistocene eruptions in the Main Ethiopian Rift: Towards a regional tephrostratigraphy
Abstract The Main Ethiopian Rift (MER) is renowned as a focus of investigations into human
origins. It is also the site of many large volcanic calderas, whose eruptions have spanned …
origins. It is also the site of many large volcanic calderas, whose eruptions have spanned …
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 …
Hydroclimate changes in eastern Africa over the past 200,000 years may have influenced early human dispersal
Reconstructions of climatic and environmental conditions can contribute to current debates
about the factors that influenced early human dispersal within and beyond Africa. Here we …
about the factors that influenced early human dispersal within and beyond Africa. Here we …
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 …
Recurring types of variability and transitions in the∼ 620 kyr record of climate change from the Chew Bahir basin, southern Ethiopia
Abstract The Chew Bahir Drilling Project (CBDP) aims to test possible linkages between
climate and hominin evolution in Africa through the analysis of sediment cores that have …
climate and hominin evolution in Africa through the analysis of sediment cores that have …
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 …
Climate and Human Evolution: Insights from Marine Records
The relationship between climate and human evolution is complex, and the causal
mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we review and synthesize what is currently known …
mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we review and synthesize what is currently known …
Integrative geochronology calibrates the Middle and Late Stone Ages of Ethiopia's Afar Rift
EM Niespolo, G WoldeGabriel… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The Halibee member of the Upper Dawaitoli Formation of Ethiopia's Middle Awash study
area features a wealth of Middle and Later Stone Age (MSA and LSA) paleoanthropological …
area features a wealth of Middle and Later Stone Age (MSA and LSA) paleoanthropological …