ProjectA1 - Revision history

http://khure.ipgp.fr/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=ProjectA1 ProjectA1 - Revision history 2026-05-19T09:31:23Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.15.1 http://khure.ipgp.fr/index.php?title=ProjectA1&diff=156&oldid=prev Emmelyne at 09:25, 6 July 2009 2009-07-06T09:25:50Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:25, 6 July 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">h2</del>><<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">center</del>>Project A1:<br>Tectonic geomorphology and climatic influence on Plio-Pleistocene hominin environments in southern Africa<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></center></del></h2></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">center</ins>><<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">h2</ins>>Project A1:<br>Tectonic geomorphology and climatic influence on Plio-Pleistocene hominin environments in southern Africa</h2></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><center</del>>French pi: G. King<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>French pi: G. King<br></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>South African pis: Paul Dirks, Lee Berger<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></center></del></h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>South African pis: Paul Dirks, Lee Berger</h3></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>__TOC__</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>__TOC__</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></center></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Project Participants:</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Project Participants:</h3></div></td></tr>  </table>

Emmelyne http://khure.ipgp.fr/index.php?title=ProjectA1&diff=117&oldid=prev Emmelyne at 10:00, 18 June 2009 2009-06-18T10:00:53Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 10:00, 18 June 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 63:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 63:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Submitted Papers</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Submitted Papers</h3></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* King, G. C. P. and G. N. Bailey (2009). Dynamic landscapes and human evolution. Geological Society of America Bulletin. in review.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* King, G. C. P. and G. N. Bailey (2009). Dynamic landscapes and human evolution. Geological Society of America Bulletin. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><em></ins>in review<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></em></ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Bailey, G. N ., Reynolds, S. C. and King, G. C. P. (2009). Tectonic geomorphology and hominin landscapes: models, methods and hypotheses. Journal of Human Evolution. in review</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Bailey, G. N ., Reynolds, S. C. and King, G. C. P. (2009). Tectonic geomorphology and hominin landscapes: models, methods and hypotheses. Journal of Human Evolution. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><em></ins>in review<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></em></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Dirks, P. H. G. M, J. M. Kibii, B. Kuhn, C. Steininger, S. E. Churchill, D. L. Farber, G. C. P. King and L. R. Berger (2009). Geological setting of the first associated skeletons of early Homo from southern Africa, Nature. in review.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Dirks, P. H. G. M, J. M. Kibii, B. Kuhn, C. Steininger, S. E. Churchill, D. L. Farber, G. C. P. King and L. R. Berger (2009). Geological setting of the first associated skeletons of early Homo from southern Africa, Nature. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><em></ins>in review<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></em></ins>.</div></td></tr>  </table>

Emmelyne http://khure.ipgp.fr/index.php?title=ProjectA1&diff=116&oldid=prev Emmelyne at 10:00, 18 June 2009 2009-06-18T10:00:15Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 10:00, 18 June 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 60:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 60:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Reed, K. E. (1997). "Early hominid evolution and ecological change through the African Plio-Pleistocene."J. Hum. Evol. 32: 289 - 322.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Reed, K. E. (1997). "Early hominid evolution and ecological change through the African Plio-Pleistocene."J. Hum. Evol. 32: 289 - 322.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Sponheimer, M., K. E. Reed, et al. (1999). "Combining isotopic and ecomorphological data to refine bovid paledietary reconstruction: a case study from the Makapansgat Limeworks hominin locality." J. Hum. Evol. 36: 705 - 718.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Sponheimer, M., K. E. Reed, et al. (1999). "Combining isotopic and ecomorphological data to refine bovid paledietary reconstruction: a case study from the Makapansgat Limeworks hominin locality." J. Hum. Evol. 36: 705 - 718.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><h3>Submitted Papers</h3></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* King, G. C. P. and G. N. Bailey (2009). Dynamic landscapes and human evolution. Geological Society of America Bulletin. in review.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* Bailey, G. N ., Reynolds, S. C. and King, G. C. P. (2009). Tectonic geomorphology and hominin landscapes: models, methods and hypotheses. Journal of Human Evolution. in review</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* Dirks, P. H. G. M, J. M. Kibii, B. Kuhn, C. Steininger, S. E. Churchill, D. L. Farber, G. C. P. King and L. R. Berger (2009). Geological setting of the first associated skeletons of early Homo from southern Africa, Nature. in review.</ins></div></td></tr>  </table>

Emmelyne http://khure.ipgp.fr/index.php?title=ProjectA1&diff=115&oldid=prev Emmelyne at 09:57, 18 June 2009 2009-06-18T09:57:11Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:57, 18 June 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>The Cradle of Humankind – landscape evolution</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>The Cradle of Humankind – landscape evolution</h3></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></p>[[image:A1_Fig4.jpg|right|400px|]]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[image:A1_Fig4.jpg|right|400px|]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><p></del>This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area. This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Relevant References</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Relevant References</h3></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Bailey, G. N. (1997). Klithi: Palaeolithic settlement and Quanternary landscapes in northwest Greece. Cambridge, McDonald Insitute Monographs.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Bailey, G. N. (1997). Klithi: Palaeolithic settlement and Quanternary landscapes in northwest Greece. Cambridge, McDonald Insitute Monographs.</div></td></tr>  </table>

Emmelyne http://khure.ipgp.fr/index.php?title=ProjectA1&diff=114&oldid=prev Emmelyne at 09:56, 18 June 2009 2009-06-18T09:56:47Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:56, 18 June 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>The Cradle of Humankind – landscape evolution</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>The Cradle of Humankind – landscape evolution</h3></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area.</p>[[image:A1_Fig4.jpg|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">left</del>|400px|]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area.</p>[[image:A1_Fig4.jpg|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">right</ins>|400px|]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br></div></td></tr>  </table>

Emmelyne http://khure.ipgp.fr/index.php?title=ProjectA1&diff=113&oldid=prev Emmelyne at 09:55, 18 June 2009 2009-06-18T09:55:55Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:55, 18 June 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 51:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 51:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area.</p>[[image:A1_Fig4.jpg|left|400px|]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area.</p>[[image:A1_Fig4.jpg|left|400px|]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Relevant References</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Relevant References</h3></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Bailey, G. N. (1997). Klithi: Palaeolithic settlement and Quanternary landscapes in northwest Greece. Cambridge, McDonald Insitute Monographs.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Bailey, G. N. (1997). Klithi: Palaeolithic settlement and Quanternary landscapes in northwest Greece. Cambridge, McDonald Insitute Monographs.</div></td></tr>  </table>

Emmelyne http://khure.ipgp.fr/index.php?title=ProjectA1&diff=111&oldid=prev Emmelyne at 09:53, 18 June 2009 2009-06-18T09:53:16Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:53, 18 June 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>The Cradle of Humankind – landscape evolution</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>The Cradle of Humankind – landscape evolution</h3></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area. [[image:A1_Fig4.jpg|left|400px]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></p></ins>[[image:A1_Fig4.jpg|left|400px<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><p></ins>This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Relevant References</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Relevant References</h3></div></td></tr>  </table>

Emmelyne http://khure.ipgp.fr/index.php?title=ProjectA1&diff=110&oldid=prev Emmelyne at 09:52, 18 June 2009 2009-06-18T09:52:13Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:52, 18 June 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>The Cradle of Humankind – landscape evolution</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>The Cradle of Humankind – landscape evolution</h3></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area. This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[image:A1_Fig4.jpg|left|400px]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[image:A1_Fig4.jpg|left|400px]]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Relevant References</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Relevant References</h3></div></td></tr>  </table>

Emmelyne http://khure.ipgp.fr/index.php?title=ProjectA1&diff=109&oldid=prev Emmelyne at 09:51, 18 June 2009 2009-06-18T09:51:50Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:51, 18 June 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 50:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 50:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>The Cradle of Humankind – landscape evolution</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>The Cradle of Humankind – landscape evolution</h3></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area. This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area. This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[image:A1_Fig4.jpg|left|400px]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Relevant References</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Relevant References</h3></div></td></tr>  </table>

Emmelyne http://khure.ipgp.fr/index.php?title=ProjectA1&diff=108&oldid=prev Emmelyne at 09:47, 18 June 2009 2009-06-18T09:47:45Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:47, 18 June 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 47:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 47:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><p></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The philosophy of the project is to examine regions that are much larger than a kilometer or two around a fossil site. A site indicates that hominins were in the region, but must have been in substantial numbers to form a stable breeding population. To pursue this approach a separate project was initiated slightly before !Khure to study the region of Northern Israel (The Galilee project) which has attracted hominins from 1.8 Ma to the present and for which some of the most extensive historical and pre-historical data is available. On this basis Lee Berger and Geoffrey King started a similar database for the Cradle of Humankind. This aims to map all cave sites, with or without fossils, tool scatters, and resources such as springs. These together with later information of hominin and human occupation are to be combined in an interrogate-able data base operating interactively with maps showing various resources, satellite photographs and so forth (Figure 3). As consequence of this project Lee Berger discovered a new hominin site (Dirks et al 2009) which promises to be of major importance and will be officially announced in June 2009.</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The philosophy of the project is to examine regions that are much larger than a kilometer or two around a fossil site. A site indicates that hominins were in the region, but must have been in substantial numbers to form a stable breeding population. To pursue this approach a separate project was initiated slightly before !Khure to study the region of Northern Israel (The Galilee project) which has attracted hominins from 1.8 Ma to the present and for which some of the most extensive historical and pre-historical data is available. On this basis Lee Berger and Geoffrey King started a similar database for the Cradle of Humankind. This aims to map all cave sites, with or without fossils, tool scatters, and resources such as springs. These together with later information of hominin and human occupation are to be combined in an interrogate-able data base operating interactively with maps showing various resources, satellite photographs and so forth (Figure 3). As consequence of this project Lee Berger discovered a new hominin site (Dirks et al 2009) which promises to be of major importance and will be officially announced in June 2009.</p></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><h3>The Cradle of Humankind – landscape evolution</h3></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><p>The landscape in the Cradle has been thought to be tectonically stable, with little change having occurred in the past several million years, other than change driven by climatic variations. Yet, the plains of southern and eastern Africa occur at an anomalously high altitude, with at least 2 to 3 km of uplift of the land surface having occurred over the past 27 million years. The geological reasons for this uplift are not well understood, but uplift is likely to be linked to anomalous mantle flow below the African plate. The rate of uplift in the past several million years remains unconstrained, but it is probable that the altitude of the land surface around the Cradle has changed over this period by possibly as much as several hundred meters. Uplift of the Cradle in the past 3 million years, will have caused activity on faults and fractures that in turn controlled cave formation, ground water flow as well as the formation of the incised plateau topography characteristic for the area. This happened as Hominins actively occupied the landscape, and their evolution and use of the land surface is therefore linked to the manner in which the land surface developed. In a similar manner the preservation of their fossil remains in the cave systems is a direct function of the geological controls and the rate of uplift and erosion of the land surface. The aim of this project is to unravel the evolution of the land surface in central South Africa as exposed in the Cradle of Humankind in relation to known fossil-bearing sites, and to establish whether a causal link exists between hominin and landscape development.</p></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Relevant References</h3></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><h3>Relevant References</h3></div></td></tr>  </table>

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