Mountainous regions have long attracted early human populations, but the reasons behind this preference are becoming clearer thanks to new research. A recent study published in Science Advances1 by scientists from the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University reveals that the diverse ecosystems within these terrains played a cruc…
The Role of Mountainous Terrain in Early Human Evolution
Exploring How Diverse Mountain Ecosystems Shaped Hominin Adaptation

