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News Release 11-159
Six Million Years of African Savanna
Open, grassy environments accompanied human evolution
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Savanna grasslands are punctuated with scattered trees; they are found in equatorial regions.
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Geochemist Thure Cerling developed a new way of measuring ancient tree cover using fossil soils.
Credit: Lee Siegel, University of Utah
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Savanna and woodland extend across a broad swath of East Africa.
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Savanna extends across Kenya as far as the eye can see, stretching to a far horizon.
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Wooded grassland typical of East Africa; here with oryx in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya.
Credit: Thure Cerling
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An alternate view of the extensive savanna in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve.
Credit: Thure Cerling
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