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New results constrain the timing of movement of early hominins out of Africa.

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dc.contributor.advisor Beuning, Kristina R.
dc.contributor.author Ivory, Sarah J.
dc.contributor.author Cohen, Andrew S.
dc.contributor.author Zimmerman, Kurt A.
dc.date.accessioned 2008-08-21T16:10:09Z
dc.date.available 2008-08-21T16:10:09Z
dc.date.issued 2008-08-21T16:10:09Z
dc.identifier.uri http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/30465
dc.description Color poster with text, charts, and maps describing research conducted by Kurt A. Zimmerman, Kristina Beuning (faculty advisor), Sarah J. Ivory, and Andrew S. Cohen. en
dc.description.abstract Pollen records from Lake Malawi, Africa spanning the last 135 kyr show substantial and abrupt vegetation response to multiple episodes of extreme aridity. Thus, a likey period for human population explansion out of southern and equatorial Africa would have been during the climatic "crossover" time, between 80 ka and 70 ka, when intermediate precipitation regimes would have prevailed throughout Africa. en
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dc.description.sponsorship University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. en
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dc.language.iso en_US en
dc.relation.ispartofseries USGZE AS589 en
dc.subject Paleoethnobotany--Africa. en
dc.subject Africa--Emigration and immigration. en
dc.subject Posters. en
dc.subject Migration, Internal--Africa. en
dc.subject Paleogeography--Africa. en
dc.subject Fossil hominids--Africa. en
dc.subject Droughts--Africa--History. en
dc.title New results constrain the timing of movement of early hominins out of Africa. en
dc.type Presentation en

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