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Hybrid insolation forcing of Pliocene monsoon dynamics in West Africa

Küchler, R. R., Dupont, L. M., & Schefuß, E. (2018) · Climate of the past · doi:10.5194/cp-14-73-2018 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Land–sea temperature contrasts at the Last Interglacial and their impact on the hydrological cycle

Yeung, N. K. H., Menviel, L., Meißner, K. J., Taschetto, A. S., Ziehn, T., & Chamberlain, M. A. (2021) · Climate of the past · doi:10.5194/cp-17-869-2021 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Neogene palaeochannel deposits in Sudan – Remnants of a trans-Saharan river system?

Bussert, R., Eisawi, A., Hamed, B. O., & Babikir, I. A. A. (2018) · Journal of African Earth Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.11.040 · Cited by 38 · see citing works

Dead Sea pollen provides new insights into the paleoenvironment of the southern Levant during MIS 6–5

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Complexity of Saharan paleoclimate reconstruction and implications for modern human migration

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PMIP4/CMIP6 last interglacial simulations using three different versions of MIROC: importance of vegetation

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Pleistocene drivers of Northwest African hydroclimate and vegetation

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Out of Africa, but how and when? The case of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas)

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The Role of Climate and Topography in Shaping the Diversity of Plant Communities in Cabo Verde Islands

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Burials, Migration and Identity

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The spatiotemporal extent of the Green Sahara during the last glacial period

Brahim, Y. A., Sha, L., Wassenburg, J. A., Azennoud, K., Cheng, H., Cruz, F. W., & Bouchaou, L. (2023) · iScience · doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107018 · Cited by 33 · see citing works

Source-to-sink magnetic properties of NE Saharan dust in Eastern Mediterranean marine sediments: review and paleoenvironmental implications

Larrasoaña, J. C., Roberts, A. P., Liu, Q., Lyons, R., Oldfield, F., Rohling, E. J., & Heslop, D. (2015) · Frontiers in Earth Science · doi:10.3389/feart.2015.00019 · Cited by 33 · see citing works

End-member modelling as a tool for climate reconstruction—An Eastern Mediterranean case study

Beuscher, S., Krüger, S., Ehrmann, W., Gerhard Schmiedl, A., Milker, Y., Arz, H. W., & Schulz, H. (2017) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185136 · Cited by 33 · see citing works

Speleothems of South American and Asian Monsoons Influenced by a Green Sahara

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Controlling factors and implications for travertine and tufa deposition in a volcanic setting

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Changes in northeast African hydrology and vegetation associated with Pliocene–Pleistocene sapropel cycles

Rose, C., Polissar, P. J., Tierney, J. E., Filley, T. R., & deMenocal, P. B. (2016) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0243 · Cited by 32 · see citing works

Determining the Pace and Magnitude of Lake Level Changes in Southern Ethiopia Over the Last 20,000 Years Using Lake Balance Modeling and SEBAL

Fischer, M. L., Markowska, M., Bachofer, F., Foerster, V., Asrat, A., Zielhofer, C., Trauth, M. H., & Junginger, A. (2020) · Frontiers in Earth Science · doi:10.3389/feart.2020.00197 · Cited by 31 · see citing works

Nonlinear rainfall effects on savanna fire activity across the African Humid Period

Karp, A. T., Uno, K. T., Berke, M. A., Russell, J. M., Scholz, C. A., Marlon, J. R., Faith, J. T., & Staver, A. C. (2023) · Quaternary Science Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.107994 · Cited by 34 · see citing works

Simulating the Occurrence of the Last Sapropel Event (S1): Mediterranean Basin Ocean Dynamics Simulations Using Nd Isotopic Composition Modeling

Vadsaria, T., Ramstein, G., Dutay, J., Li, L., Ayache, M., & Richon, C. (2019) · Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology · doi:10.1029/2019pa003566 · Cited by 30 · see citing works

Precession driven changes in terrestrial organic matter input to the Eastern Mediterranean leading up to the Messinian Salinity Crisis

Mayser, J. P., Flecker, R., Marzocchi, A., Kouwenhoven, T. J., Lunt, D. J., & Pancost, R. D. (2017) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.01.029 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

Investigating hydroclimatic impacts of the 168–158 BCE volcanic quartet and their relevance to the Nile River basin and Egyptian history

Singh, R., Tsigaridis, K., LeGrande, A. N., Ludlow, F., & Manning, J. G. (2023) · Climate of the past · doi:10.5194/cp-19-249-2023 · Cited by 30 · see citing works

Origin and implications of orbital-induced sedimentary cyclicity in Pliocene well-logs of the Western Mediterranean

Ochoa, D., Sierro, F. J., Hilgen, F. J., Cortina, A., Lofi, J., Kouwenhoven, T. J., & Flores, J. (2018) · Marine Geology · doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2018.05.009 · Cited by 25 · see citing works

Alluvial records of the African Humid Period from the NW African highlands (Moulouya basin, NE Morocco)

Depreux, B., Lefèvre, D., Berger, J., Segaoui, F., Boudad, L., Harradji, A. E., Degeai, J., & Limondin‐Lozouet, N. (2021) · Quaternary Science Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106807 · Cited by 25 · see citing works

Phylogeography of African Locust Bean (Parkia biglobosa) Reveals Genetic Divergence and Spatially Structured Populations in West and Central Africa

Lompo, D., Vinceti, B., Konrad, H., Gaisberger, H., & Geburek, T. (2018) · Journal of Heredity · doi:10.1093/jhered/esy047 · Cited by 25 · see citing works

Global travertine deposition modulated by oscillations in climate

Ricketts, J. W., Ma, L., Wagler, A. E., & Garcia, V. H. (2019) · Journal of Quaternary Science · doi:10.1002/jqs.3144 · Cited by 25 · see citing works

A review of West African monsoon penetration during Green Sahara periods; implications for human evolution and dispersals over the last three million years

Larrasoaña, J. C. (2021) · Oxford Open Climate Change · doi:10.1093/oxfclm/kgab011 · Cited by 27 · see citing works

Statistical reconstruction of global vegetation for the last glacial maximum

Shao, Y., Anhäuser, A., Ludwig, P., Schlüter, P., & Williams, E. (2018) · Global and Planetary Change · doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.06.002 · Cited by 24 · see citing works

Large‐Scale Tectonic Forcing of the African Landscape

O’Malley, C. P. B., White, N. J., Stephenson, S. N., & Roberts, G. G. (2021) · Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface · doi:10.1029/2021jf006345 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

The relevance of late MSA mandibles on the emergence of modern morphology in Northern Africa

Bergmann, I., Hublin, J., Ben-Ncer, A., Sbihi-Alaoui, F. Z., Gunz, P., & Freidline, S. E. (2022) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12607-5 · Cited by 24 · see citing works

A review of West African monsoon penetration during Green Sahara periods; implications for human evolution and dispersals over the last three million years

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Green Sahara Periods in a warmer world: a proxy-based reconstruction of the last 11 Myr

Crocker, A. J., Naafs, B. D. A., Westerhold, T., James, R. H., Cooper, M. J., Röhl, U., Pancost, R. D., Xuan, C., Osborne, C., Beerling, D. J., et al. (2022) · doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12442

Changes in climate extremes in Zambia during green and dry Sahara periods and their potential impacts on hominid dispersal

Pausata, F. S. R., Alain, D., Ingrosso, R., Winger, K., Drapeau, M. S. M., & Burke, A. M. (2023) · Quaternary Science Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108367 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

The spatiotemporal extent of the Green Sahara during the last glacial period

Brahim, Y. A., Sha, L., Wassenburg, J. A., Azennoud, K., Cheng, H., Cruz, F. W., & Bouchaou, L. (2023) · iScience · doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107018 · Cited by 33 · see citing works

A Northeast Saharan Perspective on Environmental Variability in North Africa and its Implications for Modern Human Origins

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