Abby Cohen, Christopher Campisano, J. Ramon Arrowsmith, Asfawossen Asrat, A. K. Behrensmeyer, A. Deino, C. Feibel, A. Hill, R. Johnson, J. Kingston, Henry F. Lamb, T. Lowenstein, A. Noren, D. Olago, Richard Bernhart Owen, R. Potts, Kate Reed, R. Renaut, Frank Schäbitz, J.-J. Tiercelin, Martin H. Trauth, J. Wynn, S. Ivory, K. Brady, R. O’Grady, J. Rodysill, J. Githiri, Joellen Russell, Verena Foerster, René Dommain, J. S. Rucina, D. Deocampo, J. Russell, A. Billingsley, C. Beck, G. Dorenbeck, L. Dullo, D. Feary, D. Garello, R. Gromig, T. Johnson, Annett Junginger, M. Karanja, E. Kimburi, A. Mbuthia, Tannis McCartney, E. McNulty, V. Muiruri, E. Nambiro, E. W. Negash, D. Njagi, J. N. Wilson, N. Rabideaux, Timothy Raub, Mark Jan Sier, P. Smith, J. Urban, M. Warren, M. Yadeta, Chad Yost, B. Zinaye
- The role that climate and environmental history may have played in influencing human evolution has been the focus of considerable interest and controversy among paleoanthropologists for decades. Prior attempts to understand the environmental history side of this equation have centered around the study of outcrop sediments and fossils adjacent to where fossil hominins (ancestors or close relatives of modern humans) are found, or from the study of deep sea drill cores. However, outcrop sediments are often highly weathered and thus are unsuitable for some types of paleoclimatic records, and deep sea core records come from long distances away from the actual fossil and stone tool remains. The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP) was developed to address these issues. The project has focused its efforts on the eastern African Rift Valley, where much of the evidence for early hominins has been recovered. We have collected about 2 km of sediment drill core from six basins in Kenya and Ethiopia, in lake deposits immediatelyThe role that climate and environmental history may have played in influencing human evolution has been the focus of considerable interest and controversy among paleoanthropologists for decades. Prior attempts to understand the environmental history side of this equation have centered around the study of outcrop sediments and fossils adjacent to where fossil hominins (ancestors or close relatives of modern humans) are found, or from the study of deep sea drill cores. However, outcrop sediments are often highly weathered and thus are unsuitable for some types of paleoclimatic records, and deep sea core records come from long distances away from the actual fossil and stone tool remains. The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP) was developed to address these issues. The project has focused its efforts on the eastern African Rift Valley, where much of the evidence for early hominins has been recovered. We have collected about 2 km of sediment drill core from six basins in Kenya and Ethiopia, in lake deposits immediately adjacent to important fossil hominin and archaeological sites. Collectively these cores cover in time many of the key transitions and critical intervals in human evolutionary history over the last 4 Ma, such as the earliest stone tools, the origin of our own genus Homo, and the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens. Here we document the initial field, physical property, and core description results of the 2012-2014 HSPDP coring campaign.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | Abby Cohen, Christopher Campisano, J. Ramon Arrowsmith, Asfawossen AsratORCiD, A. K. Behrensmeyer, A. Deino, C. Feibel, A. Hill, R. Johnson, J. Kingston, Henry F. LambORCiD, T. Lowenstein, A. Noren, D. Olago, Richard Bernhart OwenORCiD, R. Potts, Kate ReedORCiD, R. Renaut, Frank SchäbitzORCiDGND, J.-J. Tiercelin, Martin H. TrauthORCiDGND, J. Wynn, S. Ivory, K. Brady, R. O’Grady, J. Rodysill, J. Githiri, Joellen RussellORCiD, Verena FoersterGND, René DommainORCiD, J. S. Rucina, D. Deocampo, J. Russell, A. Billingsley, C. Beck, G. Dorenbeck, L. Dullo, D. Feary, D. Garello, R. Gromig, T. Johnson, Annett JungingerORCiD, M. Karanja, E. Kimburi, A. Mbuthia, Tannis McCartneyORCiD, E. McNulty, V. Muiruri, E. Nambiro, E. W. Negash, D. Njagi, J. N. Wilson, N. Rabideaux, Timothy RaubORCiD, Mark Jan SierORCiD, P. Smith, J. Urban, M. Warren, M. Yadeta, Chad YostORCiD, B. Zinaye |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-412498 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-41249 |
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Title of parent work (English): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe |
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Subtitle (English): | inferring the environmental context of human evolution from eastern African rift lake deposits |
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Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe (611) |
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Publication type: | Postprint |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2019/02/15 |
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Publication year: | 2016 |
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Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
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Release date: | 2019/02/15 |
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Tag: | Adar formation; Kenya Rift; Pleistocene; Southern Ethiopia; Turkana-Basin; climate-change; global climate; olorgesailie formation; patterns; variability |
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Issue: | 611 |
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Number of pages: | 16 |
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Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
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DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Publishing method: | Open Access |
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Grantor: | Copernicus |
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License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
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