Science
Turbulent environment set the stage for leaps in human evolution and technology 320,000 years ago – The Conversation US
A new environmental record for a prehistoric site in Kenya helped researchers figure out how external conditions influenced which of our ancient ancestors lived…
People thrive all across the globe, at every temperature, altitude and landscape. How did human beings become so successful at adapting to whatever environment we wind up in? Human origins researchers like me are interested in how this quintessential human trait, adaptability, evolved.
At a site in Kenya, my colleagues and I have been working on this puzzle for decades. Its a place where we see big changes happening in the archaeological and fossil records hundreds of thousands of years ago. But…
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