Inset map shows the geographic location of sites in eastern Africa. The realization that such a variety of environments, especially open habitats with C₄ grasses, was present at the dawn of the apes ...

Climate change has harmed the productivity of grasslands in Africa, threatening the livelihoods of millions on the continent.. In a new commentary in Nature, scientists from the Global Farm ...

Tree-planting projects in Africa may damage grasslands and savannahs by introducing too much shade. By preventing smaller plants from photosynthesising, this would have knock-on effects for the ...

We used to think tropical, C4-dominated grasslands only appeared in the last 8 million years or so, depending on the continent. Instead, both phytolith data and isotopic data showed that C4-dominated ...

According to the traditional scientific narrative, Africa was once a verdant idyll of vast forests stretching from coast to coast. In these lush habitats, around 21 million years ago, the earliest ...

Africa: Wooded Grasslands Flourished in Africa 21 Million Years Ago - New Research Forces a Rethink of Ape Evolution. Lonely Planet. Rwanda. 13 April 2023. The Conversation Africa (Johannesburg) ...