Under climate stress, human innovation set stage for population surge | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis
Research highlights importance of social resilience in Bronze Age China (Image: Shutterstock) February 26, 2021 SHARE Climate alone is not a driver for human behavior. The choices that people make in the face of changing conditions take place in a larger human context. And studies that combine insights from archaeologists and environmental scientists can offer more nuanced lessons about how people have responded — sometimes successfully — to long-term environmental changes. One such study, from researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, shows...
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