U-Pb-dated flowstones restrict South African early hominin record to dry climate phases

Robyn Pickering; Andy IR Herries; Jon D Woodhead; John C Hellstrom; Helen E Green; Bence Paul; Terrence Ritzman; David S Strait; Benjamin J Schoville; Phillip J Hancox

Journal article

U-Pb-dated flowstones restrict South African early hominin record to dry climate phases

Robyn Pickering, Andy IR Herries, Jon D Woodhead, John C Hellstrom, Helen E Green, Bence Paul, Terrence Ritzman, David S Strait, Benjamin J Schoville, Phillip J Hancox

Nature | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0711-0

University of Melbourne Researchers

John Hellstrom Author Earth Sciences

Helen Green Author Earth Sciences

Jon Woodhead Author Earth Sciences

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank D. Braun, R. Potts, B. Wood and W. L. S. Joe for their insightful discussion. Site access granted by C. Steininger, R. Clarke, T. Pickering, C. Menter, S. Potze, J. Adams and L. Berger; permits provided by South African Heritage Resource Agency. This work was supported by Australian Research Council DECRA DE120102504 (to R.P.), University of Melbourne McKenzie Post-Doctoral Fellowship 0023249 (to R.P.), Australian Research Council Future Fellowship FT120100399 (to A.I.R.H.) and Discovery Project DP170100056 (to A.I.R.H. and D.S.S.) and National Science Foundation Grant BCS 0962564 (to A.I.R.H.)