
Robert Boyd & Peter Richerson — How Ice Age Climate Chaos Made Humans Cultural Animals
The Joe Walker Podcast
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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