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Linking climate change and human evolution
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/linking-climate-change-and-human-evolution-11039.html[font face=Serif][font size=5]Linking climate change and human evolution[/font]
21 May 2013
[font size=4]Rapid climate change during the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, during the Middle Stone Age, sparked surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations, according to new research.
The research, published in the journal Nature Communications (21 May), was conducted by a team of scientists from Cardiff University’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Barcelona.[/font]
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"The occurrence of several major Middle Stone Age industries fell tightly together with the onset of periods with increased rainfall"
"Similarly, the disappearance of the industries appears to coincide with the transition to drier climatic conditions."
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms289721 May 2013
[font size=4]Rapid climate change during the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, during the Middle Stone Age, sparked surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations, according to new research.
The research, published in the journal Nature Communications (21 May), was conducted by a team of scientists from Cardiff University’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Barcelona.[/font]
[font size=3]…
"The occurrence of several major Middle Stone Age industries fell tightly together with the onset of periods with increased rainfall"
"Similarly, the disappearance of the industries appears to coincide with the transition to drier climatic conditions."
…[/font][/font]
