Jessica von der Meden

(she/her)

I completed my PhD at the University of Cape Town. My research interests are in Quaternary Geology and palaeoclimate studies related to human evolution.

Experience

  • –present
    Associate research scientist, University of Cape Town

Education

  • 2024 
    University of Cape Town, PhD in Geology

Publications

  • 2022
    Tufas indicate prolonged periods of water availability linked to human occupation in the southern Kalahari, PLOS ONE
  • 2021
    Innovative Homo sapiens behaviours 105,000 years ago in a wetter Kalahari, Nature

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