Humans figured out how to survive and farm year-round in the extreme, high-altitude conditions of the Tibetan Plateau about 3,600 years ago—much earlier than previously believed, reports the Futurity website today.
“Our findings show that not only did these farmer-herders conquer unheard-of heights in terms of raising livestock and growing crops like barley and millet, but that human expansion into the higher, colder altitudes took place as the continental temperatures were becoming colder,” says study coauthor Xinyi Liu, assistant professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis.
Published in the journal Science, the study relies on animal teeth, bones, and plant remains uncovered at an archaeology dig on the “roof of the world” site to pinpoint a date for what could be the earliest sustained human habitation at high altitude.
Read more HERE.
“Our findings show that not only did these farmer-herders conquer unheard-of heights in terms of raising livestock and growing crops like barley and millet, but that human expansion into the higher, colder altitudes took place as the continental temperatures were becoming colder,” says study coauthor Xinyi Liu, assistant professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis.
Published in the journal Science, the study relies on animal teeth, bones, and plant remains uncovered at an archaeology dig on the “roof of the world” site to pinpoint a date for what could be the earliest sustained human habitation at high altitude.
Read more HERE.
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