In order to define criteria for long-term climate change models in Southern Africa, an
overview of the available pollen data during the Late Quaternary is needed. Here we …

Like many of the world's subtropical regions, southern Africa is highly sensitive to changes in
the earth's climate system, but a dearth of reliable palaeoenvironmental records means that …

To identify the phytolith signal of lacustrine environments, which are prone to preserving
faunal remains including hominins, we analyzed the phytolith content of 46 grass and sedge …

Palynological and sedimentological data from a core extracted from Lake Eteza shed new
light on the Holocene vegetation and climate history in KwaZulu-Natal and can be linked to …

Abstract The Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains are southern Africa's highest and lie at a crucial
interface between the sub-continent's drier, colder, more seasonal interior and its …

A multi-proxy study of a sediment sequence from Braamhoek wetland, covering the last c.
16,000 years, reveals a record of regional climate and vegetation dynamics in the …

The main objective of this research is to identify graminoid phytolith morphotypes with
potential as proxies for reconstructing past winter rainfall in South Africa. The main argument …

The late Holocene history of the South African summer rainfall zone offers insights into the
effects of climate on ecosystems and human societies, as well as into the accuracy of model …

An investigation of the vegetation and climate from the Middle Pleistocene until the end of
the Late Pleistocene reveals a plethora of terrestrial and marine biological, geological and …

Abstract Re-excavation of Ha Makotoko and Ntloana Tšoana rock-shelters in western
Lesotho, produced abundant faunal remains (both macro and micro) from people using the …