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Reconstructing Environments of the Past: In what conditions did our ancestors survive and thrive?
Beck, Catherine Beck, Catherine
Beck, Catherine
Beck, Catherine
Title
Reconstructing Environments of the Past: In what conditions did our ancestors survive and thrive?
Date
2023-02-16
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Material type
Collections
Abstract
From the earliest primates to modern humans, our history as a species has been characterized by environmental change and variability. Through studying the geological record we can reconstruct the past environments associated with fossil primates and hominins. This allows us to build and test hypotheses about how climatic and tectonic processes shaped the eastern African ecosystems in which our species evolved and ultimately migrated from to colonize the globe.