Cultural flexibility was key for early humans to survive extreme dry periods in southern Africa
Wed, Jul 26, 2017
The ability to be flexible through the innovation of technology helped early humans to survive prolonged periods of pronounced aridification.
University of the Witwatersrand—The flexibility and ability to adapt to changing climates by employing various cultural innovations allowed communities of early humans to survive through a prolonged period of pronounced aridification.
The early human techno-tradition, known as Howiesons Poort (HP), associated with Homo sapiens who lived in southern Africa about 66,000 to 59,000 years ago indicates that during this period of pronounced aridification they developed cultural innovations that allowed them to significantly enlarge the range of environments they occupied.
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