Fig. 1: Biomes, precipitation distribution across southern Africa, river basins and sites mentioned in the text. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 1: Biomes, precipitation distribution across southern Africa, river basins and sites mentioned in the text.

From: Climatic variability, vegetation dynamics, and cultural innovation in Southern Africa during the Middle Stone Age

Fig. 1: Biomes, precipitation distribution across southern Africa, river basins and sites mentioned in the text.

A Biomes and archaeological sites discussed in the text. The red dashed line marks the boundary between fine-leaved and broad-leaved savannas, corresponding to a shift in precipitation regime shown in (B). B Mean Annual Precipitation across southern Africa, and the Limpopo and Orange river basins (grey dashed line). Biome classification follows58. Mean Annual Precipitation is derived from the WorldClim dataset143. Rivers and river basins are from HydroSHEDS144. Red asterisks indicate the locations of the deep-sea cores analyzed in this study; other deep-sea cores are labelled according to the climate proxy data discussed in the text. 1: Apollo 11; 2: Spitzkloof; 3: Boegoeberg 1; 4: Varsche Rivier 003; 5: Hollow Rock Shelter; 6: Klein Kliphuis; 7: Klipfonteinrand 1; 8: Diepkloof; 9: Ysterfontein; 10: Die Kelders; 11: Klipdrift; 12: Blombos; 13: Pinnacle Point; 14: Klasies River Mouth; 15: Florisbad; 16: Rose Cottage; 17: Bushman’s Rock Shelter; 18: Border Cave; 19: Sibudu; 20: Umlahtuzana; 21: Tswaing Crater; 22: Wonderkrater; 23: Brandberg; 24: Mirabib; 25: Rietvlei; 26: Vankersvevlei.

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