Animals
New Data Platform Illuminates History of Humans' Environmental Impact
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The human environmental footprint is not only deep but old.Ancient traces of this footprint can be found in animal bones, shells, scales and antlers at archaeological sites. Together, these specimens tell the millennia-long story of how humans have hunted, domesticated and transported animals, altered landscapes and responded to environmental changes such as shifting temperatures and sea levels.
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