Background Until recently, the evolution of the genus Homo has been interpreted in the
context of the onset of African aridity and the expansion of open grasslands. Homo erectus …

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 …

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

Charles Darwin's experiences in the Galápagos Islands in 1835 helped to guide his
thoughts toward a revolutionary theory: that species were not fixed but diversified from their …

The Eastern Arc Mountains are renown in Africa for high concentrations of endemic species
of animals and plants. Thirteen separate mountain blocks comprise the Eastern Arc …

African annual fishes from the genus Nothobranchius are small teleosts that inhabit
temporary water bodies subject to annual desiccation due to the alternation of the monsoon …

Development of the African Middle Stone Age (MSA) before 300,000 years ago raises the
question of how environmental change influenced the evolution of behaviors characteristic …

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 …

The history of Eastern African hominids has been linked to a progressive increase of open
grassland during the past 8 million years. This trend was explained by global climatic …

The environmental backdrop to the evolution and spread of early Homo sapiens in East
Africa is known mainly from isolated outcrops and distant marine sediment cores. Here we …