12. Climate and its effects

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Climate change was important or early humans because it shaped the way we evolved into what we are today. When the climate changes, we must either adapt to it, or die due to not being versatile enough to live in that environment. Every climate change causes humans to change also, because if they don't, they will most likely die. Climate change also drove early humans all across the globe. When early humans struggled to find food and water in Africa, they migrated into Europe and Asia, because the temperatures were lower there.

http://www.npr.org/2012/09/17/161278993/what-drove-early-man-across-globe-climate-change

http://humanorigins.si.edu/research/climate-research/effects

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