Introduction How, where, and why humans evolved are fundamental questions that capture our attention and spark curiosity. A number of recent hominin fossil discoveries as old as 6 Ma and advances in DNA research have now documented that humans evolved in Africa and then migrated to other parts ...
The Climate Connection: Climate Change and Modern Human Evolution. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.Hetherington R, Reid RGB (2010) The Climate Connection, Climate Change and Modern Human Evolution. Cambridge University Press, New YorkHetherington R. & Reid R. G. B., 2010, The Climate ...
Nature Ecology & Evolution volume 7, pages 1633–1644 (2023)Cite this article 3406 Accesses 154 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract Human activities are causing global biotic redistribution, translocating species and providing them with opportunities to establish populations beyond their native ranges. ...
The genus Homo evolved during the Pleistocene — an epoch of gradual cooling and amplification of glacial cycles. The changing climates influenced early human survival, adaptation and evolution in complex ways. In this Review, we present current knowledg
Evidence for Climate-Driven Evolution To test the robustness of the link between climate and human habitats, the scientists repeated their analysis, but with ages of the fossils shuffled like a deck of cards. If the past evolution of climatic variables did not impact where and when humans lived...
Whether the large-scale KRD in southwestern China is caused by climate change or human activities is still controversial. In this study, the evolution of the KRD in southwestern China over the past 2000 years was reconstructed through the high-precision δ13C record of stalagmites from Shijiang...
(BA) have been analysed at regional and global scales, but little effort has been dedicated to study the interannual variability. This paper aimed to better understand factors explaining this variation, under the assumption that the more human control of fires the more frequently they occur, as ...
Climate change, social unrest and dynastic transition in ancient China The evident connection between human evolution and climatic changes has been concurred by scientists. Although many people are trying to forecast the impacts of climatic changes on our future society, there are not any studies to...
Climate change over the past two million years has boosted human evolution by forcing us to adapt to changing conditions and allowing us to migrate to new areas [a somewhat controversial report highlighted by the sometimes climate sceptic Daily Mail has said].Researchers found that far from hinderi...
Large, well-documented wildfires have recently generated worldwide attention, and raised concerns about the impacts of humans and climate change on wildfire regimes. However, comparatively little is known about the patterns and driving forces of global f