The expansion of grassland ecosystems in Africa in relation to mammalian evolution and the origin of the genus Homo

By A. Behrensmeyer. 2004

366 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Anthropology, Paleontology, Social Psychology

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In Anthropology

1. J. Kingston
2. T. Harrison
3. J. Blois
4. Elizabeth A. Hadly
5. René Bobe
6. Ke-Tsung Han
7. A. Behrensmeyer

In Paleontology

1. J. Blois
2. Elizabeth A. Hadly
3. J. Kingston
4. T. Harrison
5. Félix Forest
6. René Bobe
7. C. Sturmbauer
8. Ke-Tsung Han

In Social Psychology

1. J. Kingston
2. T. Harrison
3. J. Blois
4. Elizabeth A. Hadly
5. Félix Forest
6. René Bobe
7. Ke-Tsung Han
8. K. Tolley

Citations in the corpus

• Photorespiration and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis. (2012, background): “These changes in the climate and atmosphere caused dramatic evolutionary responses in the planet’s biota and contributed to the rise of the modern biosphere (10, 11, 79, 133).”
• Hominins without fellow travellers? First appearances and inferred dispersals of Afro-Eurasian large-mammals in the Plio-Pleistocene (2011, neutral): “3 Ma onwards (Bobe and Behrensmeyer, 2004).”
• The Lake Tanganyika cichlid species assemblage: recent advances in molecular phylogenetics (2008, background): “It is well established that the climate in eastern Africa shifted toward more arid conditions roughly 2.5‐3 MYA (DeMenocal, 1995; Bobe & Behrensmeyer, 2004; Sepulchre et al., 2006).”
• Speciation and radiations track climate transitions since the Miocene Climatic Optimum: a case study of southern African chameleons (2008, background): “…2001; Linder, 2003, 2005; Jacobs, 2004; Hughes et al., 2005; Forest et al., 2007), and on the radiation of birds and mammals in connection with major climatic shifts (Kimbel, 1995; Behrensmeyer et al., 1997; Bobe et al., 2002; Bobe & Behrensmeyer, 2004; Bowie et al., 2004, 2006; deMenocal, 2004).”
• Isotopic dietary reconstructions of Pliocene herbivores at Laetoli: Implications for early hominin paleoecology (2007, background): “Further documentation of the nature of the paleoecological distinctions between these two stratigraphic units could contribute valuable evidence concerning the link between climatic change and cladogenesis among Pliocene hominins (deMenocal, 1995; Vrba et al., 1995; Potts, 1996; Bromage and Schrenk,”
• Responses to Six Major Terrestrial Biomes in Terms of Scenic Beauty, Preference, and Restorativeness (2007, background): “One is the long-held savanna hypothesis, which proposes the spread of savanna grasslands in Africa resulting in hominids (Balling & Falk, 1982; Bobe & Behrensmeyer, 2004; Dart, 1925; deMenocal, 2004; Jolly, 1970; Klein & Edgar, 2002; Orians, 1986; Robinson, 1954).”
• The evolution of arid ecosystems in eastern Africa (2006, background): “Evidence from the Omo shows a significant increase in the abundance of open country bovids beginning at about 1.8Ma (Bobe and Behrensmeyer, 2004).”
• Mammalian Response to Cenozoic Climatic Change (2009, background): “Bobe & Behrensmeyer (2004) confirmed that climate is associated with community change in African mammals, but linked hominid evolution to complex shifts in the environment of Africa between 2.8 and 1.8 mya instead of ascribing it to a continuous trend.”