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Robert Boyd & Peter Richerson — How Ice Age Climate Chaos Made Humans Cultural Animals

The Joe Walker Podcast

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Climate's Role in Human Evolution

This chapter explores how Pleistocene climate variations shaped human evolution and ecology over the last 1.5 million years. It highlights the challenges posed by fluctuating climates on vegetation and animal species, while emphasizing the significance of ice core research in understanding these historical changes.

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