Human behavioural adaptations to interglacial lakeshore environments. An introduction

During the course of human evolution, we have suc- cessfully adapted to various environments. Chang- ing climates and landscapes often required new behavioural strategies for survival; human societies indeed came into being against the background of this challenge. Although the connection between hu...

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Autores: Garcia Moreno, Alejandro, Hutson, Jarod M., Smith, Geoff M., Kindler, Lutz, Turner, Elaine, Villaluenga Martínez, Aritza, Gaudzinski Windheuser, Sabine
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/68338
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/68338
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pleistocene
human behavioural adaptations
lakeshore environments
climatic change
aquatic resources
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Sumario:During the course of human evolution, we have suc- cessfully adapted to various environments. Chang- ing climates and landscapes often required new behavioural strategies for survival; human societies indeed came into being against the background of this challenge. Although the connection between human behavioural adaptation and environmen- tal change is well acknowledged, the processes involved are not fully understood. To what extent, how rapidly and at what scale climate and environ- mental change led to modifications and adaptations in human behaviour are issues that are only just be- ginning to be intensively addressed. A fundamental problem is the complexity and interdependence of human behaviour and environmental conditions, necessitating the identification of relevant levels of comparability in order to provide a solid foundation on which to base the archaeological record as a product of behavioural adaptation