ABSTRACT

Volume 32 (2013) of the internationally recognized and acclaimed yearbook seriesPalaeoecology of Africa publishes 9 new interdisciplinary scientific papers on former and recent landscape evolution and on past environments of the African continent (e.g. climate change, vegetation dynamics and growing impact of humans on ecosystems). These papers

chapter 2|34 pages

A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER: LATE PLEISTOCENE ENVIRONMENTS AND BEHAVIOURAL ADAPTATIONS AT BLOMBOS CAVE, SOUTH AFRICA

By—Geeske H.J. Langejans, Gerrit L. Dusseldorp, Karen L. van Niekerk & Christopher S. Henshilwood

chapter 3|38 pages

LATE QUATERNARY VALLEY AND SLOPE DEPOSITS AND THEIR PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THE UPPER CONGO BASIN, CENTRAL AFRICA

By—Jürgen Runge, Mark Sangen, Marion Neumer, Joachim Eisenberg & Eva Becker

chapter 4|32 pages

LAKE LEVEL CHANGES OF BAROMBI MBO (CAMEROON) DURING THE LATE QUATERNARY: COMPARED CATCHMENT AND CRATER LAKE RECORDS

ByLAKE RECORDS —Pierre Giresse, Jean Maley & Appolinaire Zogning

chapter 6|20 pages

PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE CHIWONDO AND CHITIMWE BEDS (N-MALAWI)

By—Tina Lüdecke & Heinrich Thiemeyer

chapter 7|22 pages

WHY ‘YOUNGER DRYAS’? WHY NOT ‘ANTARCTIC COLD REVERSAL’? EKSTEENFONTEIN REVISITED

By—Klaus Heine, Uwe Rust & Alexandra Hilgers

chapter 8|10 pages

HISTORICAL AND PRESENT-DAY LANDSCAPE DEGRADATION IN ANAMBRA STATE (NIGERIA): IMPACTS AND REMEDIAL MEASURES

By—Elizabeth I. Okoyeh, Izuchukwu M. Akaegbobi & Boniface C. Egboka