Homo sapiens was able to thrive because they could generalize across different kinds of environments, but then also rapidly specialize upon encountering specifically challenging environments, say, researchers.

They call this new ecological role the “general specialist.”

The Homo sapiens that migrated out of Africa about 80,000 years ago settled with relative ease into habitats as wide-ranging as sultry rainforests and high, wintry mountain ranges.

Traditionally, paleoarchaeologists have argued that our species succeeded in such different environments—and survived instead of going extinct—because we underwent a dramatic cognitive change that involved, among other read more https://techevangelistseo.com/homo-sapiens-thrive-kinds-places/