Universität zu Köln

Cohen, Andrew S., Campisano, Christopher J., Arrowsmith, J. Ramon, Asrat, Asfawossen, Beck, Catherine C., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Deino, Alan L., Feibel, Craig S., Foerster, Verena, Kingston, John D., Lamb, Henry F., Lowenstein, Tim K., Lupien, Rachel L., Muiruri, Veronica, Olago, Daniel O., Owen, R. Bernhart, Potts, Richard, Russell, James M., Schaebitz, Frank, Stone, Jeffery R., Trauth, Martin H. and Yost, Chad L. (2022). Reconstructing the Environmental Context of Human Origins in Eastern Africa Through Scientific Drilling. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 50. S. 451 - 477. PALO ALTO: ANNUAL REVIEWS. ISSN 1545-4495

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Abstract

Paleoanthropologists have long speculated about the role of environmental change in shaping human evolution in Africa. In recent years, drill cores of late Neogene lacustrine sedimentary rocks have yielded valuable high-resolution records of climatic and ecosystem change. Eastern African Rift sediments (primarily lake beds) provide an extraordinary range of data in close proximity to important fossil hominin and archaeological sites, allowing critical study of hypotheses that connect environmental history and hominin evolution. We review recent drill-core studies spanning the Plio-Pleistocene boundary (an interval of hominin diversification, including the earliest members of our genus Homo and the oldest stone tools), and the Mid-Upper Pleistocene (spanning the origin of Homo sapiens in Africa and our early technological and dispersal history). Proposed drilling of Africa's oldest lakes promises to extend such records back to the late Miocene. High-resolution paleoenvironmental records are critical for understanding external drivers of human evolution. African lake basin drill cores play a critical role in enhancing hominin paleoenvironmental records given their continuity and proximity to key paleoanthropological sites. The oldest African lakes have the potential to reveal a comprehensive paleoenvironmental context for the entire late Neogene history of hominin evolution.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Cohen, Andrew S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Campisano, Christopher J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Arrowsmith, J. Ramon UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Asrat, Asfawossen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Beck, Catherine C. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Behrensmeyer, Anna K. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Deino, Alan L. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Feibel, Craig S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Foerster, Verena UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kingston, John D. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lamb, Henry F. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lowenstein, Tim K. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lupien, Rachel L. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Muiruri, Veronica UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Olago, Daniel O. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Owen, R. Bernhart UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Potts, Richard UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Russell, James M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schaebitz, Frank UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stone, Jeffery R. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Trauth, Martin H. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Yost, Chad L. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-696671
DOI:	10.1146/annurev-earth-031920-081947
Journal or Publication Title:	Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci.
Volume:	50
Page Range:	S. 451 - 477
Date:	2022
Publisher:	ANNUAL REVIEWS
Place of Publication:	PALO ALTO
ISSN:	1545-4495
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Astronomy & Astrophysics; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/69667