Table 1.

Temperature and wetness phases in Africa over the past 25 000 cal year BP, based on palaeo-proxies. Information of location and references for each record and the proxies used is detailed in figure 1 and the electronic supplementary material, table S2 following the number attached to each site name. Where absolute values are provided in the source publications, these are given in the electronic supplementary material, table S3. All other proxy interpretations are taken directly from the original source data. ‘isotopes’: isotopic and molecular climate proxy data; 'mixed': pollen (biotic response) included.