Stay updated with breaking news from மார்கஸ் ஹாமில்டன். Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
E-Mail IMAGE: A map of the global distribution of human ethnolinguistic groups (blue) and mammal species (red). (Figure: Hamilton et al, Scientific Reports) view more Credit: (Figure: Hamilton et al, Scientific Reports) Most forms of life species of mammals, birds, plants, reptiles, amphibians, etc. are most diverse at Earth s equator and least diverse at the poles. This distribution is called the latitudinal gradient of biodiversity. A group of Santa Fe Institute collaborators was intrigued by the fact that human cultural diversity shows exactly the same distribution with latitude: human cultures are more diverse near the equator and least at the poles. Their big question was: why? Life is more diverse within richer environments, but it s not clear why human cultural diversity would show this pattern too. ....