Turbulent environment set the stage for leaps in human evolution and technology 320,000 years ago
A new environmental record for a prehistoric site in Kenya helped researchers figure out how external conditions influenced which of our ancient ancestors lived there, with what way of life.
Richard Potts, Director of the Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution •
conversation
Oct. 21, 2020 • ~11 min
Oct. 21, 2020 • ~11 min
anthropology human-evolution archaeology fossils homo-sapiens paleoanthropology stone-tools human-origins middle-stone-age ancient-sediments human-fossils sediment sediment-cores
Boxgrove: how we found Europe's oldest bone tools – and what we learned about their makers
The Boxgrove people, like all other human species, were capable of sharing time, care and knowledge in all parts of their life.
Matt Pope, Principal Research Associate, UCL
• conversation
Aug. 12, 2020 • ~6 min
Aug. 12, 2020 • ~6 min
archaeology britain stone-age stone-tools
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