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Posted on April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Early human habitats linked to past climate shifts

A study published in Nature by an international team of scientists provides clear evidence for a link between astronomically-driven climate change and human evolution. By combining the most extensive database […]

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Posted on January 29, 2021February 16, 2021

Sediment cores and computer model reveal multiple Sahara greenings

Wet and dry conditions in northern Africa alternated every ~20,000 years, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Prehistoric engravings of giraffes and swimming humans suggest […]

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Posted on May 21, 2020July 15, 2020

Supercomputer model simulations reveal cause of Neanderthal extinction

Climate scientists from the IBS Center for Climate Physics discover that, contrary to previously held beliefs, Neanderthal extinction was neither caused by abrupt glacial climate shifts, nor by interbreeding with […]

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Posted on October 29, 2019April 1, 2020

Climate shifts triggered modern humans’ first migrations out of their Southern African homeland

A landmark study pinpoints the birthplace of modern humans in southern Africa and suggests how past climate shifts drove their first migration. A study has concluded that the earliest ancestors […]

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Posted on July 16, 2018June 28, 2019

Axel Timmermann involved in a new research study on the diversity of ancestral populations of Homo sapiens in Africa

Axel Timmermann, Director of IBS Center for Climate Physics, was involved in a new research study on the diversity of ancestral populations of Homo sapiens in Africa. This study led […]

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