#271Environmental ScienceFront Page6 March 2026
The 24/7 Diner of the Stone Age: A New Look at Human Evolutionary Ecology
A preliminary preprint study of ancient plant waxes in Kenya reveals a stable forest oasis that survived severe hyper-arid droughts. This ecological safe haven may have provided early humans with the security needed to develop new tools and complex social networks.
By Patalano, Miller, Shipton, Carleton, Gayantha, Gleixner, Kinyanjui, Ilgner, Ndiema, Roberts, Boivin, Petraglia
