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Benthic foraminifera refers to tiny organisms that live on the ocean floor called foraminifera. They have shells and are helpful in studying the history of the Earth's oceans because they leave behind their shells, which can provide information about the conditions of the ocean in the past. Full definition

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Regional aeolian terrigenous dust records from off the coast of West Africa (ODP 659), Arabian Sea (ODP 721/722) and Mediterranean (ODP 967) and global stacked benthic foraminifera δ18O paleoclimate records were collated from published sources (see File S1). (journals.plos.org)
However, the evidence for this hypotheses is equivocal as the stacked benthic foraminifera δ18O record, which is thought to represent global climate, may [14] or may not [1] contain temporal signatures associated with key events in hominin evolution. (journals.plos.org)
Brain size change in African hominins was not predicted by either Arabian Sea dust or global benthic foraminifera δ18O records. (journals.plos.org)
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