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Chinese scientists: Harsh climates drove early human innovation

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New research from China suggests that challenging environmental conditions, rather than warm climates, spurred early human creativity and technological innovation. Archaeologists studying a 146,000-year-old animal-butchering site in Henan province discovered remarkably inventive tools made by Homo juluensis, an extinct human species. These findings indicate that ancient humans in East Asia were more technologically advanced during the Middle Pleistocene than previously believed, with cognitive abilities similar to Neanderthals and African ancestors. AI

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Chinese scientists: Harsh climates drove early human innovation

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Kevin McSpadden ·

    China scientists argue that harsh settings, not warm climates, drive early human creativity

    Archaeologists in central China have directly challenged the long-held belief that humanity’s earliest ancestors reached their creative peak during warm and hospitable climates. For more than a decade, a team of researchers in Henan province has studied a 146,000-year-old animal-…

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