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Climate Effects on Human Evolution
Paleoanthropologists – scientists who study human evolution – have proposed a variety of ideas about how environmental conditions may have stimulated important developments in human origins. Diverse species have emerged over the course of human evolution, and a suite of adaptations have accumulated … See more
All organisms encounter some amount of environmental change. Some changes occur over a short time, and may be cyclical, such as daily or seasonal variations in the … See more
There are many ideas about the role of the environment in human evolution. Some views assume that certain adaptations, such as upright walking or tool-making, were associated … See more
A different hypothesis is that the key events in human evolution were shaped not by any single type of habitat (e.g., grassland) or environmental trend (e.g., drying) but rather by environmental instability. This idea, developed by Dr. Rick Potts of the Human Origins Program, is called variability selection. This hypothesis calls attention … See more
Ancient hominin remains have been found in a variety of different habitats. While some hominins, such as Orrorin tugenensis and Ardipithecus ramidus have been found in wooded habitats, others such as Sahelanthropus tchadensis were found associated with diverse types of vegetation within a small geographic area. Reconstructions of … See more
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How Climate Change May Have Shaped Human …
Sep 30, 2014 · Earth's climate has always been in a state of flux. Ever since our ancestors branched off the primate evolutionary tree millions of years ago, the …
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How Did Climate Change Affect Ancient Humans?
Apr 13, 2022 · Over the last 25 years scientists exploring human origins have become increasingly interested in the ways that changing climate and variable …
Climate Change and Human Evolution | Science - AAAS
Jan 27, 2006 · Establishing cause-effect relationships between climate and human evolution is tantalizing but presents many challenges for …
- Author: Anna K. Behrensmeyer
- Publish Year: 2006
Climate and Human Evolution | The Smithsonian …
Mar 6, 2024 · Explore how environment change influenced evolution, and how dramatic climate instability over the past 6 million years may have shaped human adaptations.
Understanding Climate’s Influence on Human Evolution.
Hypotheses linking climate change and hominin evolution are based on indications that large-scale shifts in climate or climate variability altered the landscape ecology which, in turn, …
Past climate change effects on human evolution - Nature
Sep 12, 2024 · In this Review, we present current knowledge about the effects of past climate changes on the evolutionary trajectory of human species. Humans emerged in dry grassland …
Climate and human evolution - NOAA Climate.gov
Nov 9, 2016 · This graph shows milestones in human evolution correlated with climate variability. Milestones indicated along the bottom of the graph show hominin origins; habitual bipedality; …
Climate and Human Evolution | Science - AAAS
Feb 4, 2011 · Climate change and its effects on African ecosystems may have played a key role in human evolution. Did climate change shape human evolution?
Understanding Climate’s Influence on Human Evolution.
The intersection of human evolution and Earth’s environmental history brings together two areas of scientific study with exceptionally high public visibility and broad societal interest—human …
Evolution might stop humans from solving climate …
Jan 2, 2024 · Central features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental problems like climate change, says a new study led by the University of Maine. Humans have come to dominate the planet …
How Climate Change and Plate Tectonics Shaped Human Evolution
Nov 14, 2013 · The powerful forces of plate tectonics and climate variability ultimately led to our hominid ancestors' development and their dispersal from Africa, to the Caucasus, the Fertile …
How ancient, recurring climate changes may have shaped human …
Apr 13, 2022 · Climate changes drove where Homo species lived over the last 2 million years, with a disputed ancestor giving rise to H. sapiens, a new study claims.
Regional impacts of climate change and its relevance to human …
In recent years, different modelling approaches have been developed to help us in deciphering the possible climatic processes underlying biological and cultural human evolution and the …
Climate change could affect human evolution. Here's how. - NBC …
Sep 7, 2018 · As climate change brings rising temperatures, droughts, shifting patterns of precipitation and longer growing seasons, plants and animals are evolving to keep pace. …
Understanding Climate’s Influence on Human Evolution
The book's initiatives are presented in two major research themes: first, determining the impacts of climate change and climate variability on human evolution and dispersal; and second, …
Human Evolution and Climate Change | SpringerLink
How does climate change trigger evolution? Climate may act more like a filter. Potts (1996a, b) proposed an ecological model termed “variability selection” to explain patterns of hominin …
New Evidence Shows How Climate Shaped Human Evolution
Oct 1, 2016 · Why were these evolutionary milestones, harbingers of modern humanity, so clustered in time? A number of scientists now think two episodes of climate change may have …
Evolution might stop humans from solving climate change
Jan 2, 2024 · Human culture has evolved to allow humans to extract resources and helped us expand to dominate the biosphere. But the same evolutionary processes may counteract …
Key moments in human evolution were shaped by changing climate
Sep 16, 2015 · HUMANS were born, almost literally, of fire and ice. Periods of wildly changing climate seem to have driven some of the major evolutionary steps that made us who we are. …
Does planetary evolution favor human-like life? Study ups odds …
Feb 14, 2025 · New theory proposes that humans — and analogous life beyond Earth — may represent the probable outcome of biological and planetary evolution A new model upends the …
Back to the Miocene: What the climate 13.8 million years ago …
Feb 17, 2025 · Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today’s animals — including humans — may struggle, …
Does planetary evolution favor human-like life? Study ups odds …
Feb 15, 2025 · Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.
Awareness of Human-Caused Climate Change | CFR Education
Feb 18, 2025 · A UN report finds that climate change and other human-caused effects like deforestation and pollution pose an extreme, immediate threat to global biodiversity. According …
Humans evolved to live on an icy planet. Earth is usually much …
5 days ago · Humans are living in a geologic era with the most diverse life-forms — the Phanerozoic Eon. Beginning about 540 million years, the eon started with an explosion of the …
Anthropocene - Wikipedia
An early concept for the Anthropocene was the Noosphere by Vladimir Vernadsky, who in 1938 wrote of "scientific thought as a geological force". [18] Scientists in the Soviet Union appear to …
concepts of irreversibility and reversibility in research on ...
Dec 31, 2024 · Recommendations for application of the concept of irreversibility and reversibility in the context of environmental and ecological research and when applied in the contexts of …
What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to …
Feb 26, 2024 · Discoveries in recent years have shown how the human past is full of people who dealt with climate change in both sustainable and unsustainable ways. Archaeologists are …
How scientists can drive climate action: celebrate nature and …
1 day ago · Climate change, biodiversity collapse and pollution are classic ‘dismal disciplines’, which can plunge young people — the main target of our communication efforts — into …