Early humans in Europe endured very cold climates, researchers find

• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Published date: 25 September 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Archaeological remains from the cave are the oldest samples of Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens in Europe and are important for research of the diaspora of early humans from the Middle East to Europe during the Initial Upper Palaeolithic era.

Although most archeological models suggest that early humans were able to migrate to new environments due to warmer climates, the Max Planck researchers were able to ascertain that Homo sapiens endured very cold temperatures for thousands of years by analyzing enamel from the teeth of animals slaughtered by humans residing in the cave.

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"Our evidence shows that these human groups were more flexible with regard to the environments they used and more adaptable to different climatic conditions than previously thought", said Sarah Pederzani, one of the researchers.

"Using these new insights, new models of the spread of our species across Eurasia will now need to be constructed, taking into account their higher degree of climatic flexibility," noted Jean-Jacques Hublin, director of the Department of...