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ey0018.14-13 | (1) | ESPEYB18

14.13. Past extinctions of homo species coincided with increased vulnerability to climatic change

Raia Pasquale , Mondanaro Alessandro , Melchionna Marina , Di Febbraro Mirko , Diniz-Filho Jose A F , Rangel Thiago F , Holden Philip B , Carotenuto Francesco , Edwards Neil R , Lima-Ribeiro Matheus S , Profico Antonio , Maiorano Luigi , Castiglione Silvia , Serio Carmela , Rook Lorenzo

One Earth, Volume 3, Issue 4, 23 October 2020, Pages 480-490 https://bit.ly/3vFcRueBy integrating past climate and fossil databases, these authors suggest that climate change was the primary factor in the extinction of Homo species.Homo erectus, H. heidelbergensis and H. neanderthalensis all became extinct. Why? And are we going that way too? The authors claim that cli...