Increased ecological resource variability during a critical transition in hominin evolution
Although climate change is considered to have been a large-scale driver of African human
evolution, landscape-scale shifts in ecological resources that may have shaped novel …
evolution, landscape-scale shifts in ecological resources that may have shaped novel …
[HTML][HTML] Magnetostratigraphic dating of earliest hominin sites in Europe
L Gibert, G Scott, A Deino, R Martin - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
After a century of research, the chronology of the first arrival of hominins in Europe remains
controversial. Four Spanish localities potentially record evidence of the oldest Europeans …
controversial. Four Spanish localities potentially record evidence of the oldest Europeans …
Eastern African environmental variation and its role in the evolution and cultural change of Homo over the last 1 million years
RL Lupien, JM Russell, A Subramanian… - Journal of Human …, 2021 - Elsevier
Characterizing eastern African environmental variability on orbital timescales is crucial to
evaluating the hominin evolutionary response to past climate changes. However, there is a …
evaluating the hominin evolutionary response to past climate changes. However, there is a …
Chronostratigraphy and age modeling of Pleistocene drill cores from the Olduvai basin, Tanzania (Olduvai Gorge coring project)
Abstract The Olduvai Gorge Coring Project drilled a total of 611.72 m of core (575.48 m
recovered) of mostly fluvio-lacustrine and fan-delta volcaniclastic Pleistocene strata at three …
recovered) of mostly fluvio-lacustrine and fan-delta volcaniclastic Pleistocene strata at three …
40Ar/39Ar eruption ages of Turkana Basin tuffs: millennial-scale resolution constrains palaeoclimate proxy tuning models and hominin fossil ages
The Turkana Basin in NW Kenya and SW Ethiopia hosts remarkable fossil-rich sediments
that are central to our understanding of early hominin evolution, with interbedded volcanic …
that are central to our understanding of early hominin evolution, with interbedded volcanic …
Potential for constraining sequence stratigraphy and cycle stratigraphy with U-Pb dating of carbonates
Studies of sequence stratigraphy and cycle stratigraphy in carbonate formations increasingly
improve our understanding of depositional systems and basinal to global correlations …
improve our understanding of depositional systems and basinal to global correlations …
Hydroclimate reconstructions in the Suguta Valley, northern Kenya, during the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition
E Robakiewicz, RB Owen, C Rosca, A Deino… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early-Middle Pleistocene Transition (EMPT) between 1200 and 700 ka
represents a major global climate transition from dominantly 41,000-to 100,000-year glacial …
represents a major global climate transition from dominantly 41,000-to 100,000-year glacial …
Age and context of mid-Pliocene hominin cranium from Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia
A fossil hominin cranium was discovered in mid-Pliocene deltaic strata in the Godaya Valley
of the northwestern Woranso-Mille study area in Ethiopia. Here we show that analyses of …
of the northwestern Woranso-Mille study area in Ethiopia. Here we show that analyses of …