Summary

A new study led by Dr. Ariel Malinsky-Buller of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem challenges long-held assumptions about how prehistoric hunter-gatherers survived in the Southern Caucasus between 57,000 and 27,000 years ago. Rather than relying on environmental adaptation alone, the research suggests that extensive social networks, long-distance mobility and the exchange of knowledge were critical to human resilience during periods of climatic and ecological change.

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