South African Extinctions and Seasonality: Insights from the Isotopic Composition of Herbivore Teeth
By:
Alexandra Norwood
Date:
Tue, 10/06/2025 - 18:00
Branch:
Western Cape
Note: This talk will be livestreamed on Microsoft Teams, and later uploaded to our YouTube channel. There are 30 places available to attend the talk in person at Bonne Esperance Guest House, 238 Queens Road, Simon's Town.
Please RSVP to Jenna Lavin (jenna.lavin@gmail.com) if you'd like to join us in person.
Charge: Free for members | R40 for non-members | R20 for student non-members
YouTube link to the recording: https://youtu.be/E30oxe2pBTY
About the Talk:
This project has two focuses: first, on generating novel approaches to the analysis of enamel isotope data, so that rainfall seasonality data (the timing and amount of rainfall during the year) can be recovered from the fossil record. And second, on reconstructing paleo-seasonality across southern Africa to understand how changing seasonality may have altered ecosystems in ways that have not been detected in other paleoenvironmental proxies and contributed to extinction in the late Quaternary.
Please RSVP to Jenna Lavin (jenna.lavin@gmail.com) if you'd like to join us in person.
Charge: Free for members | R40 for non-members | R20 for student non-members
YouTube link to the recording: https://youtu.be/E30oxe2pBTY
This project has two focuses: first, on generating novel approaches to the analysis of enamel isotope data, so that rainfall seasonality data (the timing and amount of rainfall during the year) can be recovered from the fossil record. And second, on reconstructing paleo-seasonality across southern Africa to understand how changing seasonality may have altered ecosystems in ways that have not been detected in other paleoenvironmental proxies and contributed to extinction in the late Quaternary.
Bio: