New Evidence Suggests the First Major Glaciation Drove Hominins Out of Africa
The Pleistocene Migration: Climate Change's Role in Hominin Exodus
Unveiling Climate Change as the Driving Force
In a groundbreaking study reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1, planetary scientists Giovanni Muttoni from the University of Milan and Dennis Kent from Columbia University delve into the intricacies of the Pleistocene migration, proposing climate change as the pivotal factor shaping hominin dispersal out of Africa over a million years ago. By synthesizing geological and genetic evidence, the researchers offer a nuanced understanding of this seminal event in human prehistory.
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