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Chapter 2 Gondwana’s Core

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© 2023 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Acknowledgements vi
  4. Preface 1
  5. Chapter 1 What is Africa? 15
  6. Chapter 2 Gondwana’s Core 43
  7. Chapter 3 Dawn and Consequences from Chance 61
  8. Chapter 4 Afloat on Planet Ocean (Adrift and Heading North) 79
  9. Chapter 5 Global Wobbles and Climate Change 99
  10. Chapter 6 Habitats Defined by Plants 115
  11. Chapter 7 Emigration and Immigration 139
  12. Chapter 8 Diversity – Highs and Lows 159
  13. Chapter 9 Succession 177
  14. Chapter 10 Diseases and Plagues 199
  15. Chapter 11 Louder, Softer, Bigger, Smaller, Faster, Slower, Duller, Brighter 213
  16. Chapter 12 Behaviour Drives Morphology 229
  17. Chapter 13 Ecological Elders 251
  18. Chapter 14 Import and Export of Primates 269
  19. Chapter 15 Slow but Smart 287
  20. Chapter 16 The Boreal, Latitudinal Realm 301
  21. Chapter 17 The Austral, Longitudinal Realm 323
  22. Chapter 18 Niche-thieves 351
  23. Chapter 19 Out of Africa and Back Again – the Banda Strandlopers 367
  24. Chapter 20 Translating Nature 387
  25. Chapter 21 Mind and Memory 419
  26. Chapter 22 Process as Principle 437
  27. Further Reading 457
  28. Index 459
Origin Africa
This chapter is in the book Origin Africa
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691249032-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Acknowledgements vi
  4. Preface 1
  5. Chapter 1 What is Africa? 15
  6. Chapter 2 Gondwana’s Core 43
  7. Chapter 3 Dawn and Consequences from Chance 61
  8. Chapter 4 Afloat on Planet Ocean (Adrift and Heading North) 79
  9. Chapter 5 Global Wobbles and Climate Change 99
  10. Chapter 6 Habitats Defined by Plants 115
  11. Chapter 7 Emigration and Immigration 139
  12. Chapter 8 Diversity – Highs and Lows 159
  13. Chapter 9 Succession 177
  14. Chapter 10 Diseases and Plagues 199
  15. Chapter 11 Louder, Softer, Bigger, Smaller, Faster, Slower, Duller, Brighter 213
  16. Chapter 12 Behaviour Drives Morphology 229
  17. Chapter 13 Ecological Elders 251
  18. Chapter 14 Import and Export of Primates 269
  19. Chapter 15 Slow but Smart 287
  20. Chapter 16 The Boreal, Latitudinal Realm 301
  21. Chapter 17 The Austral, Longitudinal Realm 323
  22. Chapter 18 Niche-thieves 351
  23. Chapter 19 Out of Africa and Back Again – the Banda Strandlopers 367
  24. Chapter 20 Translating Nature 387
  25. Chapter 21 Mind and Memory 419
  26. Chapter 22 Process as Principle 437
  27. Further Reading 457
  28. Index 459
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