A Major Change in Rate of Climate Niche Envelope Evolution during Hominid History

A Major Change in Rate of Climate Niche Envelope Evolution during Hominid History

Summary: Homo sapiens is the only species alive able to take advantage of its cognitive abilities to inhabit almost all environments on Earth. Humans are able to culturally construct, rather than biologically inherit, their occupied climatic niche to a degree unparalleled within the animal kingdom....

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Main Authors: Alessandro Mondanaro, Marina Melchionna, Mirko Di Febbraro, Silvia Castiglione, Philip B. Holden, Neil R. Edwards, Francesco Carotenuto, Luigi Maiorano, Maria Modafferi, Carmela Serio, Josè A.F. Diniz-Filho, Thiago Rangel, Lorenzo Rook, Paul O'Higgins, Penny Spikins, Antonio Profico, Pasquale Raia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:iScience
Subjects:
Ecology
Evolutionary History
Paleobiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220308853

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