Interesting Recent Papers

Here are some interesting new papers that came across my inbox.

Jochen et al. 2012. Carbon isotope constraints on the deglacial CO2 rise from ice cores. Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1217161.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/03/28/science.1217161.abstract

Haile-Selassie et al. 2012. A new hominin foot from Ethiopia shows multiple Pliocene bipedal adaptations. Nature 483: 565–569.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7391/full/nature10922.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20120329

Rule et al. 2012. The aftermath of megafaunal extinction: ecosystem transformation in Pleistocene Australia. Science 335: 1483-1486.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6075/1483.short

Stewart and Stringer. 2012. Human evolution out of Africa: the role of refugia and climate change. Science Vol. 335: 1317-1321.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6074/1317.short

Peters and Gaines. 2012. Formation of the ‘Great Unconformity’ as a trigger for the Cambrian explosion. Nature 484: 363–366.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v484/n7394/full/nature10969.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20120419