domingo, 2 de junio de 2013

When Europe was covered by ice and ash

6 - 8 juin 2013
Londres - British Museum

Environmental hazards and human survival during the last 100,000 years

This three-day meeting will explore the links between abrupt environmental change and human dispersal and development during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic periods. It constitutes the Finale Event of the RESET Consortium Project (http://c14.arch.ox.ac.uk/reset/) (Response of Humans to Abrupt Environmental Transitions), funded by the Natural Environment Research Council. Link 2 Via Laboratoire Méditerranéen

Actualización 02-06-13. Why did the Neanderthals die out?
A major conference in London this week will reveal the results of five years' research on why Homo sapiens emerged triumphant in the survival battle of the humans...

Actualización 03-06-13. Volcanic eruption near Naples may have killed Neanderthals
Some researchers are suggesting that Neanderthals were driven to extinction by a massive volcanic eruption near Naples. The suggestion is one of the topics under debate this week at a conference at London's British Museum examining what forces led to the destruction of the Neanderthals and what led to the triumph of the homo sapiens. One new theory holds that a gigantic eruption of the volcano in the Campi Flegrei area near Naples 39,000 years ago was catastrophic for the Neanderthals. That was the biggest volcanic eruption in Europe for more than 200,000 years and scientists say that its enormous plumes of ash would have blotted out the sun for months, or possibly years. And that, in turn, would have caused temperatures to plummet and filled the atmosphere with toxic matter that may have contributed to the end of the Neanderthals. But not all scientists agree. Some argue the Neanderthals were already extinct before the eruption. This is just one of the major issues at the conference called: "When Europe was covered by ice and ash". At the meeting scientists will also try to understand why homo sapiens are the only species left today and why other version of humanity died out. gazzettadelsud.it/

Actualización 09-06-13. RESET da fecha a la extinción. Los neandertales ya no estaban en Europa cuando llegaron los HAM

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Actualización. Why did the Neanderthals die out?

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Actualización. Volcanic eruption near Naples may have killed Neanderthals

salaman.es dijo...

Actualización: RESET da fecha a la extinción. Los neandertales ya no estaban en Europa cuando llegaron los HAM