ScienceDaily: Fossils & Ruins News

A scientific consortium has found that ancient El Niño-like weather patterns were the primary drivers of environmental change in sub-Saharan Africa over the last 620 thousand years - the critical time-frame for the evolution of our species. The group found that these ancient weather patterns had more profound impacts in sub-Saharan Africa than glacial-interglacial cycles more commonly linked to human evolution.

New findings demonstrate that expanding research into different ancestries yields more and better results, as well as ultimately benefiting global patient care.