Andrea Manica | Ecology of the past

The thirteenth Mapping Ancient Africa seminar was delivered by Andrea Manica on the 18th May 2023. In the seminar Andrea introduced the pastclim R package and gave examples of how it can be applied to address questions related to human evolution and dispersal.

Details of this seminar can be found here. You can find more Mapping Ancient Africa seminar videos on the “Ecology of the Past” YouTube channel.

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The thirteenth Mapping Ancient Africa online seminar will take place on 18 May 2023 (17:00 CEST).

Speaker: Andrea Manica (University of Cambridge)
Title: pastclim 1.2: an R package to easily access and use paleoclimatic reconstructions
Related publication: Leonardi, M., Hallett, E.Y., Beyer, R., Krapp, M. & Manica, A. (2023) pastclim 1.2: an R package to easily access and use paleoclimatic reconstructions. Ecography 2023, e06481. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.06481

The seminar will be delivered via Zoom. The link for the seminar can be obtained from the MAA Slack channel or by contacting the chair of this seminar (William Gosling). If you want to know more about the Mapping Ancient Africa project visit our web pages and please do not hesitate to get in contact if you want to get involved.

Ecology of the past

Mapping Ancient Africa: Video of seminar 13

Mapping Ancient Africa: Seminar 13