LEADER 04836nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910784955603321 005 20230725023636.0 010 $a0-309-15239-9 010 $a1-282-55443-3 010 $a9786612554438 010 $a0-309-14839-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000029900 035 $a(EBL)3378603 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430268 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11305628 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430268 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10453150 035 $a(PQKB)11735583 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3378603 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3378603 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10379897 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL255443 035 $a(OCoLC)923281543 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000029900 100 $a20100517d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aUnderstanding climate's influence on human evolution$b[electronic resource] /$fCommittee on the Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution ; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources ; Division on Earth and Life Studies. ; National Research Council of the National Academies 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academies Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (129 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-309-14838-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Existing Understanding of the Environmental Context for Hominin Evolution""; ""3 The Research Vision Priority Research Themes""; ""4 Implementing an International Scientific Program for Climate and Human Evolution Research""; ""5 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Appendix B: Presentations to the Committee""; ""Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations"" 330 $a"The hominin fossil record documents a history of critical evolutionary events that have ultimately shaped and defined what it means to be human, including the origins of bipedalism; the emergence of our genus Homo; the first use of stone tools; increases in brain size; and the emergence of Homo sapiens, tools, and culture. The Earth's geological record suggests that some evolutionary events were coincident with substantial changes in African and Eurasian climate, raising the possibility that critical junctures in human evolution and behavioral development may have been affected by the environmental characteristics of the areas where hominins evolved. Understanding Climate's Change on Human Evolution explores the opportunities of using scientific research to improve our understanding of how climate may have helped shape our species. Improved climate records for specific regions will be required before it is possible to evaluate how critical resources for hominins, especially water and vegetation, would have been distributed on the landscape during key intervals of hominin history. Existing records contain substantial temporal gaps. The book's initiatives are presented in two major research themes: first, determining the impacts of climate change and climate variability on human evolution and dispersal; and second, integrating climate modeling, environmental records, and biotic responses. Understanding Climate's Change on Human Evolution suggests a new scientific program for international climate and human evolution studies that involve an exploration initiative to locate new fossil sites and to broaden the geographic and temporal sampling of the fossil and archeological record; a comprehensive and integrative scientific drilling program in lakes, lake bed outcrops, and ocean basins surrounding the regions where hominins evolved and a major investment in climate modeling experiments for key time intervals and regions that are critical to understanding human evolution."--Publisher's description. 606 $aClimatic changes$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aHuman beings$xClimatic factors 606 $aHuman beings$xEffect of environment on 606 $aHuman evolution$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aHuman ecology 615 0$aClimatic changes$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aHuman beings$xClimatic factors. 615 0$aHuman beings$xEffect of environment on. 615 0$aHuman evolution$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aHuman ecology. 676 $a599.95 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bCommittee on the Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784955603321 996 $aUnderstanding climate's influence on human evolution$93765227 997 $aUNINA