The effect of climate change on various animal species has been studied, but scientists have never looked into the effect of climate change on the origin of humans, until now. Dr. John Stewart of Bournemouth University believes that climate change can explain why Homo sapiens survived while other species did not, why interbreeding occurred where and when it did, and other mysteries. You can read about preliminary findings here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315152514.htm
I can't wait to see what else results from this research!
- Samantha Masaki
I'm surprised no one has tried to make a model of this to apply to humans - seems like that would have been the first thing to do. Anyway, sounds promising.
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting. It's hard to believe that something as simple as temperature adaptation can keep one species alive and cause on to completely die out.
ReplyDelete-Rachael Morris
Wow, I can't believe no one has every applied this to humans before. It definitely seems like a promising area of research, and if we've studied plants and other animals through the lens of climate change, it only makes sense to do the same for humans. Very exciting!
ReplyDelete~Katelyn Larson
so interesting! i've seen more research lately on how climate change influences prevalence of diseases and how it is becoming a bigger player in human physiological responses and conditions. I wonder what outcomes we will have in store for us as species in the future generations as a result of the climate changes our society is current experiencing.
ReplyDeleteThe connection between humans and climate change, is it direct or indirect? I was thinking more indirect because climate change is going to more rapidly affect the producers, which are food for us, as well as the carnivores that eat the producers.
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