@misc{PaesslerAndressDuranCasasetal.2018, author = {P{\"a}ßler, Ulrich and Andress, Reinhard and Dur{\´a}n Casas, Vicente and Ette, Ottmar and H{\"u}lsenberg, Dagmar and Schmuck, Thomas and Sundermann, Werner}, title = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {XIX}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {36}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-410919}, pages = {109}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Inhalt: -Ulrich P{\"a}ßler: Die edition humboldt digital. Dokumente zur Neuausgabe der Ideen zu einer Geographie der Pflanzen (1825-1826) -Reinhard Andress: Eduard Dorsch and his unpublished poem on the occasion of Humboldt's 100th birthday -Vicente Dur{\´a}n Casas: Immanuel Kant, Alexander von Humboldt and the Tequendama Fall. Two Prussians linked by Geography -Ottmar Ette: Languages about Languages: Two Brothers and one Humboldtian Science -Dagmar H{\"u}lsenberg: Alexander von Humboldts Erl{\"a}uterungen zu {\"O}fen f{\"u}r die Herstellung von Keramik- und Glaserzeugnissen -Thomas Schmuck: Missgl{\"u}ckte Begegnung. Der kurze Briefwechsel zwischen Leopold von Buch und Goethe -Werner Sundermann: Alexander von Humboldt und das Persische}, language = {de} } @article{GarcinDeschampsMenotetal.2018, author = {Garcin, Yannick and Deschamps, Pierre and Menot, Guillemette and de Saulieu, Geoffroy and Schefuss, Enno and Sebag, David and Dupont, Lydie M. and Oslisly, Richard and Brademann, Brian and Mbusnum, Kevin G. and Onana, Jean-Michel and Ako, Andrew A. and Epp, Laura Saskia and Tjallingii, Rik and Strecker, Manfred and Brauer, Achim and Sachse, Dirk}, title = {Early anthropogenic impact on Western Central African rainforests 2,600 y ago}, series = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, volume = {115}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, number = {13}, publisher = {National Acad. of Sciences}, address = {Washington}, issn = {0027-8424}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1715336115}, pages = {3261 -- 3266}, year = {2018}, abstract = {A potential human footprint on Western Central African rainforests before the Common Era has become the focus of an ongoing controversy. Between 3,000 y ago and 2,000 y ago, regional pollen sequences indicate a replacement of mature rainforests by a forest-savannah mosaic including pioneer trees. Although some studies suggested an anthropogenic influence on this forest fragmentation, current interpretations based on pollen data attribute the "rainforest crisis" to climate change toward a drier, more seasonal climate. A rigorous test of this hypothesis, however, requires climate proxies independent of vegetation changes. Here we resolve this controversy through a continuous 10,500-y record of both vegetation and hydrological changes from Lake Barombi in Southwest Cameroon based on changes in carbon and hydrogen isotope compositions of plant waxes. delta C-13-inferred vegetation changes confirm a prominent and abrupt appearance of C-4 plants in the Lake Barombi catchment, at 2,600 calendar years before AD 1950 (cal y BP), followed by an equally sudden return to rainforest vegetation at 2,020 cal y BP. delta D values from the same plant wax compounds, however, show no simultaneous hydrological change. Based on the combination of these data with a comprehensive regional archaeological database we provide evidence that humans triggered the rainforest fragmentation 2,600 y ago. Our findings suggest that technological developments, including agricultural practices and iron metallurgy, possibly related to the large-scale Bantu expansion, significantly impacted the ecosystems before the Common Era.}, language = {en} }