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RSS FeedsEarly humans evolved in ecosystems unlike any found today
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

 
 

7 october 2019 21:35:17

 
Early humans evolved in ecosystems unlike any found today
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)
 


To understand the environmental pressures that shaped human evolution, scientists must first piece together the details of the ancient plant and animal communities that our fossil ancestors lived in over the past 7 million years. Because putting together the puzzle of millions-of-years-old ecosystems is a difficult task, many studies have reconstructed the environments by drawing analogies with present-day African ecosystems, such as the Serengeti. A study led by a University of Utah scientist calls into question such approaches and suggests that the vast majority of human evolution occurred in ecosystems unlike any found today. The paper was published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.


 
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