Human evolution in a variable environment: The amplifier lakes of Eastern Africa

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 2981-2988

  Trauth, Martin H ^a   Maslin, Mark A ^b   Deino, Alan L ^c   Junginger, Annett ^a   Lesoloyia, Moses ^d   Odada, Eric O ^e   Olago, Daniel O ^e   Olaka, Lydia A ^a   Strecker, Manfred R ^a   Tiedemann, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d Milgis Trust   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE SHIFTS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; EASTERN AFRICA; ENVIRONMENTAL FLUCTUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; HIGH PRECIPITATIONS; HOMININS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LAKE AREAS; RIFT BASIN; STRONG LINK; TECTONIC PROCESS; VARIABLE ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CATCHMENTS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; LAKES; TECTONICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOSPHERE; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GRABEN; HUMAN EVOLUTION; RIFT ZONE;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77957346771     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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