An astronomically-tuned climate framework for hominins in the Turkana Basin.

J.C.A. Joordens, H.B. Vonhof, C.S. Feibel, L.J. Lourens, G. Dupont-Nivet, H.J.L. van der Lubbe, M.J. Sier, G.R. Davies, D. Kroon

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    Abstract

    Understanding the influence of orbital climate cycles on hominin evolution remains a key challenge in paleoanthropology. The two major unresolved issues are: the absence of a climate proxy yielding high-resolution (<20kyr) terrestrial climate records, and the lack of age control on hominin fossil occurrences at sufficiently high resolution. Here we present a novel climate proxy, strontium isotope ratios (
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1-8
    Number of pages9
    JournalEarth and Planetary Science Letters
    Volume307
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

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