Who deforested Central Africa: Humans or climate?
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 12:00
in Biology & Nature
It is a much debated question: why did Central African forests become partially fragmented between 2,500 and 2,000 years ago, leaving room for more open forest landscapes and savannah? Recently, researchers attempted to explain that it was the farming Bantu peoples who were responsible for this, through the large-scale clearing that they undertook.