Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. It’s also one of the most complex, and scientists are still learning new things about it all the time. One thing that is becoming increasingly clear, however, is that climate change impacts humans and the way we live. This is true today, as it was in the past. However, a key question remains. How did climate change impact early humans?
Pulses of increased rainfall transformed arid Arabian Peninsula into a route for human population movements over last 400,000 years.
Findings shine light on Homo sapiens' origins in southern Africa interior.
Small engraved rocks believed to have acted as a ‘social glue’ to unite early human societies.
Discovery indicates ancient humans occupied site more than half a million years earlier than previously thought.
Early hominins made a major deep-sea crossing to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi much earlier than previously established, based on the discovery of stone tools dating to at least 1.04 million years ago.
Oldest long-distance seafaring expedition took place before the invention of boats with sails, likely using simple dugout canoes.
Study sheds new light on the complex journey of human populations from Africa into Eurasia.
Findings support growing consensus for lush Jordan Rift Valley that funnelled migrants into western Asia and northern Arabia.
The takeover of Southeast Asia’s grasslands with today’s rainforests contributed to the extinction of the region’s megafauna and ancient humans.
