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《新科学家》 第3609期 · 2026年8月22日 · 中文解读

野火塑造了人类进化

Wildfires shaped human evolution · James Urquhart
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本文报道了对东非图尔卡纳盆地175万年前环境的重建,表明在湿润时期野火激增,而我们的祖先可能利用了这一点。
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Ancient humans Wildfires shaped human evolution A reconstruction of East Africa’s environment 1.75 million years ago suggests wildfires spiked in wetter times, and our ancestors may have taken advantage, finds James Urquhart CHEMICAL traces from ancient plants in East Africa’s Turkana basin suggest that wet climatic spells fuelled wildfires that potentially shaped our hominin ancestors’ evolution 1.75 million years ago. Wildfires in East Africa may have sparked behavioural innovations in hominins Rich in hominin fossils and archaeological finds, the Turkana basin – sometimes dubbed the Cradle of Humankind – has long been considered important for understanding the lives of our early ancestors. …
摘自《新科学家》(New Scientist)第3609期 · 2026年8月22日,James Urquhart。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。
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