Here we show that during the MCO, at Nyakach Fm there were humid conditions supporting a tropical forest with grassy openings as evidenced by the phytolith assemblages and paleosol geochemical proxies. The ecosystem was predominatly C3 with limited C4 biomass!
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The Nyakach Formation of western Kenya provides a rare Middle Miocene (ca. 14–16 Ma.) terrestrial record bearing the monkey, Victoriapithecus macinnes…
