Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international team of scientists has found clear evidence for a link between astronomically-driven climate change and human evolution. According to the new study published in Nature early human habitats are linked to past climate shifts. Preferred habitats of Homo sapiens (purple shading, left), Homo heidelbergensis (red shading, middle), Homo […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – One of the great mysteries of late medieval history is why did the Norse, who had established successful settlements in southern Greenland in 985, abandon them in the early 15th century? The consensus view has long been that colder temperatures, ᴀssociated with the Little Ice Age, helped make the colonies […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Sea level changes caused the decline of one of the longest pre-Columbian coastal societies of the Americas 2,000 years ago, known as Sambaqui. This is demonstrated in a study carried out in Brazil by researchers from the Insтιтute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) and the Department of Prehistory of […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Based on the identification of plant remains, Tel Aviv University and Tel-Hai College researchers provide the first detailed reconstruction of the climate in the Land of Israel at the end of the last ice age (20,000-10,000 years before present). The researchers claim that significant climate changes characterizing the period, manifested […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Why did some ancient Khmer and Mesoamerican cities collapse between 900-1500CE, while their rural surrounds continued to prosper? Intentional adaptation to climate changed conditions may be the answer, suggests a new study. Cities and their hinterlands must build resilience to survive climate stress; this is the grave warning emanating from […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Throughout history, people of different cultures and stages of evolution have found ways to adapt, with varying success, to the gradual warming of the environment they live in. But can the past inform the future, now that climate change is happening faster than ever before? Yes, say an international team […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have gathered measurements of over 300 ancient fossils all over the world to analyze how climate change has altered our brain and body size. By combining this data with a reconstruction of the world’s regional climates over the last million years, they have pinpointed the specific climate experienced by […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Some of the world’s earliest rock art located at the  Maros-Pangkep site in Sulawesi, Indonesia, is rapidly disappearing due to climate change. Rock art dates back to at least 44,000 years ago that are believed to be the oldest surviving artistic hunting scenes and supernatural beings. Credit: Basran Burhan Griffith […]