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Lauren A. Michel

Tennessee Tech University
Verified email at tntech.edu
Cited by 664

Oldest evidence of abundant C4 grasses and habitat heterogeneity in eastern Africa

DJ Peppe, SM Cote, AL Deino, DL Fox, JD Kingston… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The assembly of Africa's iconic C4 grassland ecosystems is central to evolutionary
interpretations of many mammal lineages, including hominins. C4 grasses are thought to …

Surgical management of substernal goitre

LA Michel, HA Bradpiece - British journal of surgery, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents the clinical features and problems in the management of 34 patients
with substernal goitre. Complete evaluation of the mediastinum relied on computed …

Chronostratigraphy and paleoclimatology of the Lodève Basin, France: evidence for a pan-tropical aridification event across the Carboniferous–Permian boundary

LA Michel, NJ Tabor, IP Montañez, MD Schmitz… - Palaeogeography …, 2015 - Elsevier
Paleosols preserved within the Carboniferous–Permian succession of the Lodève Basin,
Massif Central, France change stratigraphically from Histosols to calcic Vertisols and …

Severe bleeding from submucosal lipoma of the duodenum

LA Michel, T Ballet, JM Collard… - Journal of clinical …, 1988 - journals.lww.com
Two patients with a duodenal lipoma had severe gastrointestinal bleeding. Duodenal lipoma
is relatively rare and an even rarer source of severe gastrointestinal bleeding. Endoscopy …

Sedimentologist's guide for recognition, description, and classification of paleosols

NJ Tabor, TS Myers, LA Michel - Terrestrial depositional systems, 2017 - Elsevier
Paleosols are an important component of the terrestrial stratigraphic record and are
increasingly utilized in stratigraphic analyses and paleoenvironmental and paleoclimate …

[HTML][HTML] Remnants of an ancient forest provide ecological context for Early Miocene fossil apes

LA Michel, DJ Peppe, JA Lutz, SG Driese… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The lineage of apes and humans (Hominoidea) evolved and radiated across Afro-Arabia in
the early Neogene during a time of global climatic changes and ongoing tectonic processes …

Recurrent spring‐fed rivers in a Middle to Late Pleistocene semi‐arid grassland: Implications for environments of early humans in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya

EJ Beverly, SG Driese, DJ Peppe, CR Johnson… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of changing palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironment on human evolution during
the Pleistocene is debated, but hampered by few East African records directly associated …

Evaluating the potential for tactical hunting in the Middle Stone Age: Insights from a bonebed of the extinct bovid, Rusingoryx atopocranion

KE Jenkins, S Nightingale, JT Faith, DJ Peppe… - Journal of Human …, 2017 - Elsevier
The foraging behaviors of Middle Stone Age (MSA) early modern humans have largely been
based on evidence from well-stratified cave sites in South Africa. Whereas these sites have …

Assessment of pretreatment methods on CIA-K and CALMAG indices and the effects on paleoprecipitation estimates

LA Michel, ND Sheldon, TS Myers, NJ Tabor - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
The chemical compositions of paleosols are frequently used to reconstruct paleoclimatic and
paleoenvironmental conditions using proxy relationships derived from modern soils …

Sedimentological and palaeoenvironmental study from Waregi Hill in the Hiwegi Formation (early Miocene) on Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya

LA Michel, T Lehmann, KP Mcnulty, SG Driese… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Palaeontological deposits on Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya, provide a rich
record of floral and faunal evolution in the early Neogene of East Africa. Yet, despite a …