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Huge congratulations to our brilliant Palaeolab @MandelaUni @MandelaScience MSc graduates Luke Nel and Marishka Govender! Also in the picture is head of the lab @fynbospollen. #mandelagrad25 #palaeopride Swipe to see their respective thesis titles.
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The Palaeolab wishes you all a very happy New Year ✨️ Stay tuned to see what our students and collaborators get up to this year! @MandelaUni @fynbospollen @ACCPSouthAfrica #science #newyear #research
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📣Our paper is Editor's Choice for the December issue of @EcographyJourna And respresents a key output from my @NRF_News African Origins Platform grant #research #palaeoecology @The_Palaeolab @MandelaUni 🎓 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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The 2nd Mapping Ancient Africa paper is out "Highland forest dynamics across equatorial East Africa during the end of the African humid period" by @sjivory & colleagues in Quaternary International ecologyofthepast.info/2024/1… @KabothBahr @rkinyanji @fynbospollen @INQUA #palaeoecology

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Scientists have used pollen monitoring equipment to measure airborne microplastics for the first time. What did they find? MPs were detected in 95% of daily samples from sites in the UK and South Africa - with nylon the most abundant polymer. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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Fire drives major Holocene vegetation shifts between subtropical and Mediterranean-type ecosystems: a case study from a biodiversity hotspot in South Africa nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wi… #Fire #VegetationChange #Palaeoecology @NordicOikos @WileyEcolEvol
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🎉New paper alert: A 6000-year pollen sequence reveals the pivotal role of🔥in shifting #SouthAfrica's Mediterranean-type vegetation to subtropical ecosystems🌿#GlobalChange #Palaeoecology @EcographyJourna cc @Ese_Manzano @ChevalierManu @BAdriaanGrobler doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07485

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June highlights: fieldwork trips into the Cederberg & Succulent Karoo, great to be out with the Varsche Rivier archaeological team & exploring old & new landscapes 💚 #collaboration #research
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May highlights: fantastic #SASQUAXXIV congress with awards going to @The_Palaeolab & @ACCPSouthAfrica students 🏆, tour of the excellent #Boomplaas excavation & #fieldwork in the Cango Valley & Cape Fold belt mts
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And all the talks and poster presentations🤓zenodo.org/records/11125698 #SASQUAXXIV #research #conference
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Officially, 4 days till #SASQUAXXIV Things to look forward to: 1. Adventure tour at the iconic Cango Caves 2. Tour of the Boomplaas Cave led by @justin_pargeter 3. Botany for non-botanist workshop led by @Ese_Manzano to learn how to do botany fieldwork without knowing botany
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14 May 2024
We are counting down to #SASQUAXXIV To start off, here are some video introductions of the students that will be attending the #congress See link below: instagram.com/reel/C679W-lq-…
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Check out Stella's awesome work on #fire dynamics in the #CapeFloristicRegion #palaeoecology #research 🔥🌿 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

New high-resolution paleofire record from the Cape Floristic Region tracking long-term linkages between moisture availability and fire! Spoiler: wetter conditions result in increased fire at this fuel-limited site! Check out the pre-proof here: doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2024.1…
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11 Mar 2024
#SASQUA is offering #support for #ECRs and #students to attend the SASQUA #Congress in May 2024. Hurry up and apply through our website: sasqua.ca.za If you have any questions, please feel free to DM us or email sasquacomms@gmail.com
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5 Mar 2024
The #newsletter is officially out! Check your emails to see 2023 #highlights from our incredible members.
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❄️Curious about the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and its impact on southern Africa's climates, environments, and human evolution? Our new #Quaternary Science Reviews paper (tinyurl.com/mwcfh948) sheds light on this icy chapter at #Boomplaas Cave
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Really great to have @PASTEvolve support two of the @The_Palaeolab 's Masters students this year🤩
What better way to celebrate #FossilFriday than by introducing our most recent PAST grant recipients! 🎉 Keep your 👀 on our page as we highlight these incredible origins science researchers. Congratulations to our awardees! Full list👇 past.org.za/2023-second-gran…
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This interactive tour (wvr.li/ye0811) lets you explore various aspects of fieldwork at Boomplaas Cave in South Africa. The tour highlights several of the site's workstations & an incredible team of African-led researchers. @NSF @TheLeakeyFndtn @CSHO_NYU @SASQUA1
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