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Dynamics of Green Sahara Periods and Their Role in Hominin Evolution

Juan C. Larrasoaña, Andrew P. Roberts, Eelco J. Rohling, 2013. PLoS ONE 8(10): e76514.

The Holocene Green Sahara was one of more than 230 such periods in the last 8 million years. A typical one took 2–3 thousand years to develop, peaked over 4–8 thousand years and ended within 2–3 thousand years.

MYS0DCKKMWKKKPC · mystery · click to copyMEye of the Sahara and AtlantisSecondary sourceArticledoi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076514Checked against the original0

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Cited for the long record of more than 230 green Sahara periods in 8 million years, each taking 2 to 3 thousand years to begin and to end.

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Larrasoaña, J. C., Roberts, A. P., & Rohling, E. J. (2013). Dynamics of Green Sahara Periods and Their Role in Hominin Evolution. PLoS ONE, 8(10), e76514. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076514
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