A major conference in London this week will reveal the results of five years' research on why Homo sapiens emerged triumphant in the survival battle of the humansThe puzzle is one of the greatest surrounding our species. On a planet that bristled with different types of human being,including Neanderthals and the Hobbit-like folk of Flores, only one is left nowadays: Homo sapiens.
Our current solo status on soil is therefore an evolutionary oddity – though it is not clear when our species became soil's only masters, or nor is it clear why we survived when all other versions of humanity died out. Did we kill off our competitors,or were the others just poorly adapted and unable to react to the extreme climatic fluctuations that then beset the planet?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com