Tectonics and human evolution.(in Africa)

From: Antiquity | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: King, Geoffrey; Bailey, Geoff | Copyright information

Introduction

The dominant conception of human origins during the past five decades has been one of a transition from vegetarian apes living mainly in trees to ground-dwelling humans exploiting the large game herds of the African savannah in response to increased global aridity and reduction of tree cover. The modern consensus is that this process first occurred in Africa, beginning at least as early as 4.5 million years ago with Ardipithecus ramidus, or perhaps earlier i...

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