Dr Robert Marchant, Reader in the University's Environment Department, said: «An understanding of the long - term history of faunal change allows us to identify patterns in the interplay of natural and anthropogenic factors that have shaped Zanzibar's ecosystems today. (sciencedaily.com)
Broecker and van Donk (1970); Ruddiman & McIntyre too found evidence in deep - sea cores of faunal change (including one core where the warming was interrupted by a cold spell). (history.aip.org)
The site has provided many Pleistocene faunal remains that give information about how the environment was before the last glacial period. (sciencedaily.com)