Archaeology suggests no direct link between climate change and early human innovation
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Published in PLOS ONE · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers analyzed fossil records and ostrich eggshell stable isotope measurements from two Middle Stone Age sites, finding no correlation between climate shifts and technological or cultural innovations. The study challenges the idea that climate change drove early human experimentation.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Archaeology suggests no direct link between climate change and early human innovation PLOS · Jul 6, 2016 · first to report
- Technological and cultural innovations amongst early humans not sparked by climate change University of the Witwatersrand · Jul 13, 2016
- Technology and innovation not driven by climate change The University of Bergen · Sep 1, 2016