Cohen, A., Campisano, C., Arrowsmith, R., Asrat, A., Behrensmeyer, A. K., Deino, A., Feibel, C., Hill, A., Johnson, R., Kingston, J., Lamb, H., Lowenstein, T., Noren, A., Olago, D., Owen, R. B., Potts, R., Reed, K., Renaut, R., Schaebitz, F., Tiercelin, J. -J., Trauth, M. H., Wynn, J., Ivory, S., Brady, K., O'Grady, R., Rodysill, J., Githiri, J., Russell, J., Foerster, V., Dommain, R., Rucina, S., Deocampo, D., Russell, J., Billingsley, A., Beck, C., Dorenbeck, G., Dullo, L., Feary, D., Garello, D., Gromig, R., Johnson, T., Junginger, A., Karanja, M., Kimburi, E., Mbuthia, A., McCartney, T., McNulty, E., Muiruri, V., Nambiro, E., Negash, E. W., Njagi, D., Wilson, J. N., Rabideaux, N., Raub, T., Sier, M. J., Smith, P., Urban, J., Warren, M., Yadeta, M., Yost, C. and Zinaye, B. (2016). The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project: inferring the environmental context of human evolution from eastern African rift lake deposits. Sci. Drill., 21. S. 1 - 17. GOTTINGEN: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH. ISSN 1816-3459

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Abstract

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 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.

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Cohen, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Campisano, C.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Arrowsmith, R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Asrat, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Behrensmeyer, A. K.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Deino, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Feibel, C.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Hill, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Johnson, R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kingston, J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lamb, H.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lowenstein, T.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Noren, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Olago, D.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Owen, R. B.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Potts, R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Reed, K.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Renaut, R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schaebitz, F.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Tiercelin, J. -J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Trauth, M. H.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wynn, J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ivory, S.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Brady, K.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
O'Grady, R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rodysill, J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Githiri, J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Russell, J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Foerster, V.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dommain, R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rucina, S.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Deocampo, D.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Russell, J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Billingsley, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Beck, C.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dorenbeck, G.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dullo, L.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Feary, D.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Garello, D.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gromig, R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Johnson, T.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Junginger, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Karanja, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kimburi, E.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Mbuthia, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
McCartney, T.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
McNulty, E.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Muiruri, V.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Nambiro, E.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Negash, E. W.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Njagi, D.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wilson, J. N.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rabideaux, N.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Raub, T.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Sier, M. J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Smith, P.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Urban, J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Warren, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Yadeta, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Yost, C.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Zinaye, B.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-284358
DOI: 10.5194/sd-21-1-2016
Journal or Publication Title: Sci. Drill.
Volume: 21
Page Range: S. 1 - 17
Date: 2016
Publisher: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
Place of Publication: GOTTINGEN
ISSN: 1816-3459
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
TURKANA-BASIN; HADAR FORMATION; CLIMATE-CHANGE; OLORGESAILIE FORMATION; SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA; GLOBAL CLIMATE; KENYA RIFT; PLEISTOCENE; VARIABILITY; PATTERNSMultiple languages
Geosciences, MultidisciplinaryMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/28435

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