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Monsoon-driven wildfires may have shaped human evolution

Science | 2026-08-14 at 09:00 UTC | Source: www.newscientist.com
A reconstruction of East Africa's environment 1.75 million years ago suggests wildfires spiked during wetter times, which may have influenced human evolution
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