Continuous 1.3-million-year record of East African hydroclimate, and implications for patterns of evolution and biodiversity

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2015-12-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1512864112PMID 26644580PMCID PMC4697375
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