Dynamics of Green Sahara Periods and Their Role in Hominin Evolution
Figure 4
Reconstruction of North African vegetation during past green Sahara periods.
(a) Estimated and reconstructed MAP for the Holocene GSP (6–10 kyr BP) projected onto a cross-section along the eastern Sahara (left panel) and map view of reconstructed MAP, vegetation and physiographic elements [7], [8], [11], [45] (right panel). (b) Estimated and reconstructed MAP for the Eemian GSP (122–128 kyr BP) projected onto a cross-section along the eastern Sahara (left panel) and map view of reconstructed MAP, vegetation and physiographic elements [14], [15], [44], [45] (right panel).