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How Did Humans Take Over the World?

2025/6/12
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Chris Stringer: 大约30万年前，地球气候非常不稳定，冰期和间冰期交替出现。在冰期，冰盖巨大，海平面下降，陆地连接在一起；而在间冰期，气候温暖如今日。尼安德特人和我们的祖先在这些气候变化周期中进化，不得不应对极端寒冷和相对温暖的环境。在非洲，气候变化主要表现为降雨量的变化，影响了沙漠和雨林的扩张与收缩。尼安德特人则直接受到温度极端变化的影响，有时与河马和大象共存，有时又与驯鹿和猛犸象为伴，需要适应更大的温度变化。

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This chapter explores the beginning of the Homo Sapiens journey, discussing their emergence in Africa and their subsequent spread across continents. It also examines the diversity of human species that once existed and the factors that led to Homo Sapiens becoming the sole surviving human species.
  • Homo Sapiens emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago.
  • They coexisted with other human species like Neanderthals and Denisovans.
  • Homo Sapiens eventually became the only surviving human species.
  • The story of human evolution involves survival, adaptation, and extinction.

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Humans are everywhere. How did we get from the savannahs of Africa across to the most northern reaches of Alaska and Greenland, to the outbacks of Australia and the islands of the Pacific millennia ago? How did we master fire, figure out how to craft tools and survive the Ice Ages?

In this episode Dan is joined by Professor Chris Stringer, Research Leader in Human Evolution at London's Natural History Museum, to talk about how Homo Sapiens managed to outlive other human cousins like Neanderthals and Denisovans and cross oceans s hape landscapes and one day, build cities and space shuttles.

Produced by James Hickmann, Mariana Des Forges and edited by Tim Arstall.

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