Groundwater is essential to modern human survival during drought periods. There is also growing geological evidence of springs associated with stone tools and hominin fossils in the East African Rift System (EARS) during a critical period for hominin evolution (from 1.8 Ma). However it is not known how vulnerable these springs may have been to climate variability and whether groundwater availability may have played a part in human evolution. Recent interdisciplinary research at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, has documented climate fluctuations attributable to astronomic forcing and the presence of paleosprings directly associated with archaeological sites.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/spring-forward-hominin-evolution-east-africa
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mark-o-cuthbert
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gail-m-ashley
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-one
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossils
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tanzania
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/life-science
