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Climate conditions during the migration of Homo sapiens out of Africa reconstructed

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 12:39 PM PDT

Climate reconstruction of the last 200,000 years from East Africa illustrates the living conditions of Homo sapiens when they migrated out of Africa / Homo sapiens was mobile across regions during wet phases and retreated to high altitudes during dry phases.

Huge prehistoric croc 'river boss' prowled waterways

Posted: 14 Jun 2021 10:12 AM PDT

A new species of large prehistoric croc that roamed southeast Queensland's waterways millions of years ago has been documented.

Indigenous mortality following Spanish colonization did not always lead to forest regrowth, study finds

Posted: 10 Jun 2021 10:57 AM PDT

New research shows that disruptions to Indigenous land management following Iberian colonization did not always result in widespread forest regrowth in the Americas and Asia-Pacific, as has been recently argued.