Turbulent environment set the stage for leaps in human evolution and technology 320,000 years ago
- Written by Richard Potts, Director of the Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution
Drilling 139 meters down to volcanic rock provided scientists with a million-year environmental record. Human Origins Program, SmithsonianPeople thrive all across the globe, at every temperature, altitude and landscape. How did human beings become so successful at adapting to whatever environment we wind up in? Human origins researchers like me are...