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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Cradle of humankind"”.
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Revealing the hidden : the cradle of humankind
Within our current society, humankind often separates 'human place' from 'natural place'. This alienation from nature leads human beings to believe that activities outside of protected natural areas have no effect on the areas demarcated as 'natural' (Mang 2007). This belief is evident within the …
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New research methods for the analysis of fossil Anura ilia and their utility for reconstructing the palaeoenvironment of Swartkrans Cave
Anura fossils are relatively common amongst microfauna assemblages but remain largely unanalysed because of a lack of expertise. This is unfortunate since Anura are effective indicators of environmental conditions as their life cycles and breeding patterns are integrally linked with temperature and …
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Using a multiproxy analysis of springbok fossils to track 2 million years of vegetation changes experienced by hominins in southern Africa.
… is an established one, yet the exact dynamics of this relationship is debated. Key climatic changes, such as the intensification of the Northern Hemisphere Glaciation, the onset of the Walker Circulation and the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution, have been linked to palaeoenvironmental changes that …