A new study links the emergence of new hominin species, expanding brain capacity and early human migration with the appearance of deep freshwater lakes (scientificamerican.com)
The recent study published in the journal PloS ONE by Susanne Shultz of Manchester University and me statistically links for the first time the emergence of new hominin species, expanding brain capacity, and the movement out of Africa to the appearance and disappearance of deep freshwater lakes (confirming the original work by Martin Trauth and myself). (scientificamerican.com)
The findings of the study will be very useful in interpreting new hominin fossil finds, and looking at what the real drivers of human evolution were. (sciencedaily.com)