Search Results - "Trauth, Martin H"
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Nonlinear detection of paleoclimate-variability transitions possibly related to human evolution
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (20-12-2011)“…Potential paleoclimatic driving mechanisms acting on human evolution present an open problem of cross-disciplinary scientific interest. The analysis of…”
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TURBO2: A MATLAB simulation to study the effects of bioturbation on paleoceanographic time series
Published in Computers & geosciences (01-12-2013)“…Bioturbation (or benthic mixing) causes significant distortions in marine stable isotope signals and other palaeoceanographic records. Although the influence…”
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Classifying past climate change in the Chew Bahir basin, southern Ethiopia, using recurrence quantification analysis
Published in Climate dynamics (01-09-2019)“…The Chew Bahir Drilling Project (CBDP) aims to test possible linkages between climate and evolution in Africa through the analysis of sediment cores that have…”
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Early warning signals of the termination of the African Humid Period(s)
Published in Nature communications (07-05-2024)“…The transition from a humid green Sahara to today’s hyperarid conditions in northern Africa ~5.5 thousand years ago shows the dramatic environmental change to…”
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Orbital controls on eastern African hydroclimate in the Pleistocene
Published in Scientific reports (24-02-2022)“…Understanding eastern African paleoclimate is critical for contextualizing early human evolution, adaptation, and dispersal, yet Pleistocene climate of this…”
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Hidden diversity in diatoms of Kenyan Lake Naivasha: a genetic approach detects temporal variation
Published in Molecular ecology (01-04-2012)“…This study provides insights into the morphological and genetic diversity in diatoms occurring in core sediments from tropical lakes in Kenya. We developed a…”
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High- and low-latitude forcing of Plio-Pleistocene East African climate and human evolution
Published in Journal of human evolution (01-11-2007)“…The late Cenozoic climate of East Africa is punctuated by episodes of short, alternating periods of extreme wetness and aridity, superimposed on a regime of…”
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A Phytolith Supported Biosphere-Hydrosphere Predictive Model for Southern Ethiopia: Insights into Paleoenvironmental Changes and Human Landscape Preferences since the Last Glacial Maximum
Published in Geosciences (Basel) (01-10-2021)“…During the past 25 ka, southern Ethiopia has undergone tremendous climatic changes, from dry and relatively cold during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 25–18…”
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A synthesis of the theories and concepts of early human evolution
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (05-03-2015)“…Current evidence suggests that many of the major events in hominin evolution occurred in East Africa. Hence, over the past two decades, there has been…”
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Hydrological constraints of paleo-Lake Suguta in the Northern Kenya Rift during the African Humid Period (15–5kaBP)
Published in Global and planetary change (01-12-2013)“…During the African Humid Period (AHP, 15–5kaBP) an almost 300m deep paleo-lake covering 2200km2 developed in the Suguta Valley, in the Northern Kenya Rift…”
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East African climate pulses and early human evolution
Published in Quaternary science reviews (01-10-2014)“…Current evidence suggests that all of the major events in hominin evolution have occurred in East Africa. Over the last two decades, there has been intensive…”
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The effects of solar irradiation changes on the migration of the Congo Air Boundary and water levels of paleo-Lake Suguta, Northern Kenya Rift, during the African Humid Period (15–5ka BP)
Published in Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology (15-02-2014)“…The water-level record from the 300m deep paleo-lake Suguta (Northern Kenya Rift) during the African Humid Period (AHP, 15–5ka BP) helps to explain decadal to…”
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Hydroclimate reconstructions in the Suguta Valley, northern Kenya, during the Early-Middle Pleistocene Transition
Published in Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology (15-10-2023)“…The Early-Middle Pleistocene Transition (EMPT) between 1200 and 700 ka represents a major global climate transition from dominantly 41,000- to 100,000-year…”
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Paleo-ENSO influence on African environments and early modern humans
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (08-06-2021)“…In this study, we synthesize terrestrial and marine proxy records, spanning the past 620 ky, to decipher pan-African climate variability and its drivers and…”
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Past abrupt changes, tipping points and cascading impacts in the Earth system
Published in Nature geoscience (01-08-2021)“…The geological record shows that abrupt changes in the Earth system can occur on timescales short enough to challenge the capacity of human societies to adapt…”
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Semi-automated detection of annual laminae (varves) in lake sediments using a fuzzy logic algorithm
Published in Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology (01-10-2015)“…Annual laminae (varves) in lake sediments are typically visually identified, measured and counted, although numerous attempts have been made to automate this…”
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Recurring types of variability and transitions in the ∼620 kyr record of climate change from the Chew Bahir basin, southern Ethiopia
Published in Quaternary science reviews (15-08-2021)“…The Chew Bahir Drilling Project (CBDP) aims to test possible linkages between climate and hominin evolution in Africa through the analysis of sediment cores…”
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Pleistocene climate variability in eastern Africa influenced hominin evolution
Published in Nature geoscience (01-10-2022)“…Despite more than half a century of hominin fossil discoveries in eastern Africa, the regional environmental context of hominin evolution and dispersal is not…”
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Climatic change recorded in the sediments of the Chew Bahir basin, southern Ethiopia, during the last 45,000 years
Published in Quaternary international (01-10-2012)“…East African paleoenvironments are highly variable, marked by extreme fluctuations in moisture availability, which has far-reaching implications for the…”
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