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Kaboth-Bahr, S.; Gosling, W.D.; Vogelsang, R.; Bahr, A.; Scerri, E.M.; Asrat, A.; Cohen, A.S.; D&uuml;sing, W.; Foerster, v.; Lamb, H.; Maslin, M.A.; Roberts, H.M.; Sch&auml;bitz, F. &amp; Trauth, M.H. (2021): <b>Paleo-ENSO influence on African environments and early modern humans</b>. <i>Proceeding of the National Acedemy of Sciences of the United staes of America</i> <b>118</b>(23), 1-6.

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Title: Paleo-ENSO influence on African environments and early modern humans
FOR816dw ID: 142
Publication Date: 2021-04-14
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Individual: Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr
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Individual: William D. Gosling
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Individual: Ralf Vogelsang
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Individual: André Bahr
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Individual: Eleanor M.L: Scerri
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Individual: Asfawossen Asrat
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Individual: Andrew S. Cohen
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Individual: Walter Düsing
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Individual: verena Foerster
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Individual: Henry Lamb
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Individual: Mark A. Maslin
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Individual: Helen M. Roberts
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Individual: Frank Schäbitz
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Individual: Martin H. Trauth
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Abstract:
In this study, we synthesize terrestrial and marine proxy records,<br/> spanning the past 620 ky, to decipher pan-African climate variability<br/> and its drivers and potential linkages to hominin evolution. We<br/> find a tight correlation between moisture availability across Africa<br/> to El Niño Southern Ocean oscillation (ENSO) variability, a manifestation<br/> of theWalker Circulation, that was most likely driven by changes<br/> in Earth’s eccentricity. Our results demonstrate that low-latitude insolation<br/> was a prominent driver of pan-African climate change during<br/> the Middle to Late Pleistocene. We argue that these low-latitude<br/> climate processes governed the dispersion and evolution of vegetation<br/> as well as mammals in eastern and western Africa by increasing<br/> resource-rich and stable ecotonal settings thought to have been<br/> important to early modern humans.
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| paleoclimatic | paleobotanical | paleovegetation | Late Pleistocene | enso | humans | african paleoclimate | hominin evolutions | orbital forcing | Walker and Hadley circulation |
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Journal: Proceeding of the National Acedemy of Sciences of the United staes of America
Volume: 118
Issue: 23
Page Range: 1-6
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Individual: Luise Wraase
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