Soil and plant phytoliths from the Acacia-Commiphora mosaics at Oldupai Gorge (Tanzania)

Soil and plant phytoliths from the Acacia-Commiphora mosaics at Oldupai Gorge (Tanzania)

This article studies soil and plant phytoliths from the Eastern Serengeti Plains, specifically the Acacia-Commiphora mosaics from Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania, as present-day analogue for the environment that was contemporaneous with the emergence of the genus Homo. We investigate whether phytolith assem...

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Main Authors: Julio Mercader, Siobhán Clarke, Mariam Bundala, Julien Favreau, Jamie Inwood, Makarius Itambu, Fergus Larter, Patrick Lee, Garnet Lewiski-McQuaid, Neduvoto Mollel, Aloyce Mwambwiga, Robert Patalano, María Soto, Laura Tucker, Dale Walde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-12-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
African palaeoenvironments
Soil and plant phytoliths
Acacia-Commiphora woodland and grassland mosaics
Reference collections
East Africa
Analog for early human evolution
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/8211.pdf

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