Eastern African Quaternary Research Association, 4th conference

This is a special issue titled "Eastern African Quaternary Research Association, 4th conference", comprising six articles (plus the introduction). This special issue emerged from the PAGES-supported meeting: ‘Eastern African Quaternary Climate Change and Variability: A View from the Highlands’ held in Nanyuki, Kenya from 23-27 July 2013.

> Equatorial eastern Africa: Quaternary climate change and variability [p.1]
Ogola CA, Asrat A, Rucina S & Ichumbaki EB

> The “big bang” in East African Quaternary studies [p.3]
Posnansky M

> Observed and simulated changes in the water balance components over Malawi, during 1971–2000 [p.7]
Ngongondo C, Xub CY, Tallaksen LM & Alemaw B

> Palaeoclimates, plasticity, and the early dispersal of Homo sapiens [p.17]
Grove M

> Spotted, striped or brown? Taphonomic studies at dens of extant hyaenas in eastern and southern Africa [p.38]
Fourvel J-B, Fosse P & Avery G

> Reconstruction of ancient palm vegetation landscapes using a phytolith approach [p.51]
Albert RM, Bamford MK & Esteban I

> The impact of paleoclimate, geologic history, and human influence on the evolution of East African cichlids [p.67]
Twesigye CK