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SUMMARY:Sapiens and Neanderthal: a comparative study of climate resilience
  - Prof. Ariane Burke\, Université de Montreal and Bern University
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DESCRIPTION:The permanent settlement of Eurasia by Homo sapiens coincides 
 with the decline and eventual “disappearance” of other human populatio
 ns. Recent archaeological discoveries\, improved chronology and advances i
 n paleogenetics\, climate reconstruction and climate modelling have rekind
 led debates surrounding these events. It is now generally accepted that H.
  sapiens coexisted and interbred successfully with other species of human 
 for several thousand years in Eurasia. Since these allied human species po
 ssessed a demonstrated ability to adapt to climate change through technolo
 gical and social innovation\, the question persists: what drove them to ex
 tinction? In this research we use species distribution modelling to invest
 igate the climate resilience of Neanderthals and H. sapiens populations in
  Europe in a context of rapid climate change during MIS 3 in an attempt to
  answer this question.
LOCATION:McDonald Institute Seminar Room\, Department of Archaeology\, Dow
 ning Site
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