Chalk up modern humanity’s rise and the extinction of Neandertals to a geographic accident. That’s the implication of a new analysis of material from previously excavated Stone Age sites.
Homo sapiens evolved in Africa’s resource-rich tropics. As a result, a division of labor arose beginning around 40,000 years ago that roughly corresponds to the arrangement found in most foraging societies today, say Steven L.
Log in
Subscribers, enter your e-mail address for full access to the Science News archives and digital editions.