What is it about?
Forest contraction in central Africa around 4000 yrs BP then fragmentation of the central forest core around 2500 yrs BP.
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Why is it important?
The linguistic data converge with the palaeoenvironmental data - and also genetic data (see a recent paper by Patin & al., 2017, in Science) to explain the ways and the timing of the Bantu migration trough central Africa.
Perspectives
Following this paper in QR, a new project is launched « Hydrology of the Congo River » in collaboration with regional Universities, as Kisangani, Kinshasa, Brazzaville,Masuku, Libreville, Yaoundé, etc. The aims of this project is to develop studies in a near future in hydrology, climatology, sediment transport, carbon fluxes, data recovery and environmental issues. The presentday leader is Gil Mahé (IRD Hydrologist, Montpellier) see ResearchGate – for Gil Mahé .
Jean MALEY
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This page is a summary of: Late Holocene forest contraction and fragmentation in central Africa, Quaternary Research, December 2017, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/qua.2017.97.
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