Periodic Reporting for period 2 - MACEA (Micro-botanical Analyses at Cenozoic fossil localities from East Africa: new insights into the evolution of savannas in Africa from 50 million years)

My main objectives during the two years I spent at the University of Washington were to test and analyze the phytolith productivity of >100 fossil soil and sediment samples collected at seven (at least) different East African localities dated from 50 Ma to nowadays using...