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Genetic and anatomical differences between us and extinct species such as Neanderthals made us more similar to domesticated animal species.

Archeologists Are Making a Push to Improve Climate Modelling Share climateclimate modelconceptual modeldatabaseeartheremily hammerenvironmenterle ellisgeneral circulation modelgeographic information systemkathleen morrisonland useland use land use change and forestrylucas stephensmodeling and simulationscientific modelingscientific modelling Photo: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP, Getty Images Models that project how the climate will change in the future rely heavily on information about what happened in the past, including how humans used land. Scientists feed models data to create algorithms t...

Archaeologists Are Making a Push to Improve Climate Modeling Sofia Quaglia Photo: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP (Getty Images) Models that project how the climate will change in the future rely heavily on information about what happened in the past, including how humans used land. Scientists feed models data to create algorithms that estimate everything from weather to vegetation to land use. But this approach has one fundamental flaw. Advertisement According to archaeologists—who have dedicated their lives to collecting the data about the history of the world—the models used by climate sc...