[From nobody Fri Jan 29 14:27:25 2010 Return-Path: <owner-quaternary@CLIFFY.UCS.MUN.CA> Received: from mailrelay.williams.edu (EHLO mailrelay.williams.edu) ([137.165.4.207]) by miram5000a.williams.edu (MOS 3.10.8-GA FastPath queued) with ESMTP id AIJ37303; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:22:58 -0500 (EST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmwBAKdTYkuGmegqnGdsb2JhbACbLBoBAQEBAQgLCAkTvzsCgjKCDgSKcw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,367,1262581200"; d="scan'208";a="22361539" Received: from cliffy.ucs.mun.ca ([134.153.232.42]) by mailgate.williams.edu with ESMTP; 29 Jan 2010 06:22:58 -0500 Received: from cliffy.ucs.mun.ca (cliffy.ucs.mun.ca [134.153.232.42]) by cliffy.ucs.mun.ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o0T6fsum008936; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:47:08 -0330 Received: by CLIFFY.UCS.MUN.CA (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.3) with spool id 28960059 for QUATERNARY@CLIFFY.UCS.MUN.CA; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:46:53 -0330 Received: from fitzgerald.ucs.mun.ca (fitzgerald.ucs.mun.ca [134.153.232.57]) by cliffy.ucs.mun.ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o0TBGrN1026726 for <quaternary@cliffy.ucs.mun.ca>; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:46:53 -0330 Received: from peterson.ucs.mun.ca (peterson.ucs.mun.ca [134.153.232.35]) by fitzgerald.ucs.mun.ca (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o0TBGnIK006359 for <quaternary@cliffy.ucs.mun.ca>; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:46:49 -0330 Received: from ellington.ucs.mun.ca (ellington.ucs.mun.ca [134.153.232.51]) by peterson.ucs.mun.ca (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o0TBGmFi005546 for <quaternary@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:46:48 -0330 Received: from v-mscan1.brunel.ac.uk (v-mscan1.brunel.ac.uk [134.83.127.91]) by ellington.ucs.mun.ca (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o0TBGiVj029730 for <quaternary@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:46:44 -0330 Received: from uxexim102.brunel.ac.uk ([134.83.120.155]) by v-mscan1.brunel.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from <Suzanne.Leroy@brunel.ac.uk>) id 1Naoq0-0004Qc-DI; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:16:32 +0000 Received: from UXEXMBU116.academic.windsor ([134.83.120.126]) by uxexim102.brunel.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:16:32 +0000 Received: from 134.83.69.51 ([134.83.69.51]) by UXEXMBU116.academic.windsor ([134.83.120.132]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:16:31 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.23.0.091001 Thread-Topic: Early Pleistocene terrestrial climate and vegetation - the environment of early humans Thread-Index: Acqg1IIeY9bmjrx/SkuHXD9S288M5Q== Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Jan 2010 11:16:32.0373 (UTC) FILETIME=[82EF9250:01CAA0D4] X-BrunelUniversity-MailScanner-Information: Please contact abuse@brunel.ac.uk for more information X-BrunelUniversity-MailScanner-ID: 1Naoq0-0004Qc-DI X-BrunelUniversity-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BrunelUniversity-MailScanner-From: suzanne.leroy@brunel.ac.uk X-BrunelUniversity-MailScanner-Watermark: 1265368593.04999@ZSDNpMn6WDsLTLGpzI2u7Q X-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.3 required=4.0 tests=RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO,RECVMORGAN version=3.2.4 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Level: xx X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.002004 (2008-01-01) X-Spam-Report: 0.1 RECVMORGAN Forged received site * 2.2 RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO Received: contains an IP address used for HELO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 134.153.232.57 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 134.153.232.51 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by cliffy.ucs.mun.ca id o0TBGrN1026727 Message-ID: <C788740F.25623%suzanne.leroy@brunel.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:16:31 +0000 Reply-To: Suzanne leroy <suzanne.leroy@BRUNEL.AC.UK> Sender: Research in Quaternary Science <QUATERNARY@CLIFFY.UCS.MUN.CA> From: Suzanne leroy <suzanne.leroy@BRUNEL.AC.UK> Subject: Early Pleistocene terrestrial climate and vegetation - the environment of early humans Comments: To: Angela Bruch <Angela.Bruch@senckenberg.de>, Pollination and Palynology List <POLPAL-L@listserv.uoguelph.ca>, "The archaeobotany mailing list <ARCHAEOBOTANY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>, Barry Bishop <bvfj@TINYWORLD.CO.UK>" <ARCHAEOBOTANY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>, paleoclimate list <paleoclimate-list@lists.colorado.edu>, "paleolim@lists.ufl.edu" <paleolim@lists.ufl.edu> To: QUATERNARY@CLIFFY.UCS.MUN.CA Precedence: list Dear colleagues, we would like to invite you to participate in the symposium ³Early Pleistocene terrestrial climate and vegetation - the environment of early humans² at the 8th European Palaeobotany - Palynology Conference (EPPC) in Budapest, 6 to 10 July 2010. Oral as well as poster presentations are welcome. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 March 2010. Please visit http://www.eppc2010.org/. We are looking forward to seeing you soon in Budapest! Kind regards, Angela Bruch (abruch@senckenberg.de) and Suzanne Leroy (suzanne.leroy@brunel.ac.uk) Symposium 24: Early Pleistocene terrestrial climate and vegetation - the environment of early humans In order to get an entire picture of the environment and landscape that formed the habitat of early hominins and to identify environmental influences on migration, quantitative reconstructions of climate and vegetation based on fossil plant material are crucial prerequisites. Fossil floras from Africa and Eurasia of Early Pleistocene (2.6 to 0.8 Ma) analysed with standardised methods to quantify spatial patterns of climate and vegetation enable the reconstruction of spatiotemporal distribution patterns of environmental parameters. Moreover, long sequences from key regions are important sources to study the temporal development of climate and vegetation in high resolution and to quantify the amplitudes and cyclicity of observed changes. These data will add to the definition of environmental influences on migration at a given time. Together with other environmental proxies as palaeontology, geology and modelling and linked to observed spatiotemporal patterns in hominid occurrence and evolution, this may help to identify potential migration routes in those areas which are yet lacking archaeological evidence. To better understand the relationships between environment and the first Out-of-Africa event, the planned symposium intends to focus on the reconstruction and quantification of past vegetation and environmental conditions in Early Pleistocene of Africa and Eurasia. However, contributions are not meant to be restricted to hominin sites. Studies from all parts of Africa and Eurasia are highly welcome, both from terrestrial and marine sites. A further aim of this symposium is to combine and compare various methods and different proxies, including macro and micro botanical remains, i.e. pollen, phytoliths, fossil wood, leaves, fruits, seeds, charcoal, and others. Combining this information will greatly contribute to the understanding of the environment of our first ancestors. Dr. Angela A. Bruch Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften Forschungsstelle "The role of culture in early expansions of humans" am Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg und der Universita"t Tübingen Senckenberg Research Institute Senckenberganlage 25 60325 Frankfurt Germany phone #49-69-7542-1568 fax #49-69-746238 http://www.roceeh.net And Professor Suzanne A. G. Leroy Institute for the Environment, Brunel University Kingston Lane, Uxbridge UB8 3PH (West London), UK E-mail suzanne.leroy@brunel.ac.uk direct: +44-1895-266087; fax: +44-1895-269736, secr: +44-1895-266543 homepage: www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/ife/staff/SuzanneLeroy ]