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Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago

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datacite.subject.sdg13:Ação Climática
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas
dc.contributor.authorMercader, Julio
dc.contributor.authorAkuku, Pamela
dc.contributor.authorBoivin, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorCamacho, Alfredo
dc.contributor.authorCarter, Tristan
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Siobhán
dc.contributor.authorTemprana, Arturo Cueva
dc.contributor.authorFavreau, Julien
dc.contributor.authorGalloway, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorHernando, Raquel
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Haiping
dc.contributor.authorHubbard, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorKaplan, Jed O.
dc.contributor.authorLarter, Steve
dc.contributor.authorMagohe, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorMohamed, Abdallah
dc.contributor.authorMwambwiga, Aloyce
dc.contributor.authorOladele, Ayoola
dc.contributor.authorPetraglia, Michael
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorSaladié, Palmira
dc.contributor.authorShikoni, Abel
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Renzo
dc.contributor.authorSoto, María
dc.contributor.authorStricklin, Dominica
dc.contributor.authorMekonnen, Degsew
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Wenran
dc.contributor.authorDurkin, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-19T10:25:54Z
dc.date.available2026-03-19T10:25:54Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-16
dc.description.abstractQuestions about when early members of the genus Homo adapted to extreme environments like deserts and rainforests have traditionally focused on Homo sapiens. Here, we present multidisciplinary evidence from Engaji Nanyori in Tanzania’s Oldupai Gorge, revealing that Homo erectus thrived in hyperarid landscapes one million years ago. Using biogeochemical analyses, precise chronometric dating, palaeoclimate simulations, biome modeling, fire history reconstructions, palaeobotanical studies, faunal assemblages, and archeological evidence, we reconstruct an environment dominated by semidesert shrubland. Despite these challenges, Homo erectus repeatedly occupied fluvial landscapes, leveraging water sources and ecological focal points to mitigate risk. These findings suggest archaic humans possessed an ecological flexibility previously attributed only to later hominins. This adaptability likely facilitated the expansion of Homo erectus into the arid regions of Africa and Eurasia, redefining their role as ecological generalists thriving in some of the most challenging landscapes of the Middle Pleistocene.eng
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s43247-024-01919-1
dc.identifier.issn2662-4435
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/28476
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherNature Research
dc.relation.ispartofCommunications Earth & Environment
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.titleHomo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years agoeng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.titleCommunications Earth & Environment
oaire.citation.volume6
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
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person.givenNameDegsew
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