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  • INQUA 2027 Talk Series
    INQUA 2027 Talk Series

    The next session of the INQUA 2027 Talk Series will feature Prof. Lewis A. Owen from NC State University. The talk, titled Quaternary Glaciation of the Himalaya and Tibet, will take place on 1st February…

  • Quaternary Perspectives December 2024 Issue is now out!
    Quaternary Perspectives December 2024 Issue is now out!

    The Quaternary Perspectives December 2024, Issue 37, was just released.

  • OnSea at EGU
    OnSea at EGU

    An EGU25 thematic session will be organized in the framework of ONSEA activities: Insights into Paleo-Seascape Evolution and reconstruction: Coastal and Submarine Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology in a Changing World Convener: Gaia Mattei | Co-conveners: Aucelli…

  • GLOCOPH-PHADMA International Conference
    GLOCOPH-PHADMA International Conference

    PaleoHydrology: Ancient Disasters, Modern Applications (GLOCOPH-PHADMA) International Conference You are all kindly invited to our mid-term general conference between 9-14th June 2025 at the University of Bonn, Germany. There will be two full days of…

INQUA 2412 my: Mapping Ancient Africa: Climate, vegetation and humans – Phase II (MAACH 2.0)

The aim of the project is to bring together researchers to gain a better understanding of the relationships between climate change and hominin evolution and cultural development in Africa.

Abstract

The “Mapping Ancient Africa: Climate, Vegetation & Humans” commenced in 2021 and is a multi-year project funded by the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA). Specifically, the project is supported by PALCOM (the Palaeoclimate commission) and HABCOM (the Human & Biospheres commission).

Phase 1 of the project (2021-2023) was lead by William Gosling (University of Amsterdam) and Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr (University of Potsdam / Free University of Berlin), with support from regional hub coordinators: Rahab Kinyanjui (National Museum of Kenya / Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology), Lynne Quick (Nelson Mandela University), and Sarah Ivory (Penn State University). The aim of the first phase was to build a network of researchers interested in past environmental change and human activity in Africa, deliver a research skills workshop, and present findings at the INQUA Rome 2023 congress.

Phase 2 of the project (2023- ) will be lead by Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr (Free University of Berlin) and Rahab Kinyanjui (National Museum of Kenya / Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology). The aim of the second phase is to develop scientific writing skills among the community and to deliver a special issue of Quaternary International.

 

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