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Extreme climates may have driven Middle Pleistocene hominins towards (positive) assortative mating and evolution of bigger brains, according to economic model of climate change impacts

08.02.23 | PLOS

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Extreme climates may have driven Middle Pleistocene hominins towards (positive) assortative mating and evolution of bigger brains, according to economic model of climate change impacts

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287964

Article Title: An economic model and evidence of the evolution of human intelligence in the Middle Pleistocene: Climate change and assortative mating

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The author received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0287964

An economic model and evidence of the evolution of human intelligence in the Middle Pleistocene: Climate change and assortative mating

2-Aug-2023

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Anthropology Brain Climate Change Climate Modeling Economics Hominins Human Brain Intelligence Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0287964
Article Publication Date
2023-08-02
Article Title
An economic model and evidence of the evolution of human intelligence in the Middle Pleistocene: Climate change and assortative mating
COI Statement
The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2023, August 2). Extreme climates may have driven Middle Pleistocene hominins towards (positive) assortative mating and evolution of bigger brains, according to economic model of climate change impacts. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LQ425JN8/extreme-climates-may-have-driven-middle-pleistocene-hominins-towards-positive-assortative-mating-and-evolution-of-bigger-brains-according-to-economic-model-of-climate-change-impacts.html
MLA:
"Extreme climates may have driven Middle Pleistocene hominins towards (positive) assortative mating and evolution of bigger brains, according to economic model of climate change impacts." Brightsurf News, Aug. 2 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LQ425JN8/extreme-climates-may-have-driven-middle-pleistocene-hominins-towards-positive-assortative-mating-and-evolution-of-bigger-brains-according-to-economic-model-of-climate-change-impacts.html.