Amazing stuff! If our distant ancestors were able to survive natural and frequent climate change, so can we!
Keep in mind: Global warming is a hoax and climate change is a religion! It is being used as a pretext by Big Government and the elite to interfere with our lives. It is among the greatest scams and scandals of at least the last 30 years!
Anthropocene climate change is obscene (aka junk science)!
"... New research covering millennia of African history reveals that livelihood diversification enabled ancient societies across the continent to adapt to major climate shifts. The findings suggest that long-term resilience to climate change is not driven by uniform solutions, but by strategies grounded in ecological fit, flexibility and local knowledge.
Africa underwent significant environmental change during the Holocene Epoch, which spans roughly the past 11,000 years. For example, the African Humid Period brought nearly 9,000 years of wetter weather to much of the continent, followed by increasingly arid conditions. As ecosystems transformed and food sources changed, societies developed flexible, locally adapted combinations of herding, farming, fishing and foraging that helped them navigate thousands of years of environmental upheaval. ..."
From the highlights and abstract:
"Science for society
For thousands of years, African societies have adapted their livelihoods with shifting climates, yet current research lacks a comprehensive understanding of how these adaptations shaped long-term resilience. This gap limits efforts to support communities facing today’s climate challenges. Our study examines how African livelihoods evolved over the past 11,000 years, using isotopic, archaeological, and ecological data to reveal patterns across different food-producing and foraging strategies.
We show that livelihood diversification—combining pastoralism, cultivation, fishing, and gathering—was key to resilience. These findings offer valuable insights for policymakers, landscape managers, and adaptation planners by highlighting the role of livelihood diversification in sustaining communities amid environmental change. Understanding past responses to climate shifts can inform current and future strategies for building resilience in regions facing growing socio-environmental pressures.
Highlights
• Livelihood diversification co-evolved with Holocene climate change across Africa
• C3 and C4 food-production strategies followed distinct spatiotemporal pathways
• The breadth and variability of pastoral livelihoods suggests a central adaptive role
• We offer a continental-scale reference for understanding Holocene livelihoods
Summary
Sustainability challenges are intensifying across the globe and disproportionately impacting people, landscapes, and seascapes on the front lines of climate change. In particular, African communities, who contribute least to global climate change, bear the greatest burden of its impacts.
Despite the African continent having the longest record of human-climate co-evolution globally, current research lacks an empirical continent-wide understanding of how Holocene livelihoods evolved to shape resilience today.
To fill this gap, we analyze the archaeological and ecological context of isotopic niches (c. 11,000 BP to the present), to illustrate how adaptive strategies evolved during major climatic shifts (African Humid Period: c. 14,700–5,500 BP). We characterize Holocene livelihoods—pastoralism, cultivation, hunting-gathering, and fishing—to offer a continent-wide reference and to identify the spatiotemporal diversification patterns underpinning adaptation.
This reconstruction offers critical insights into the mechanisms that shape resilience, with direct relevance for policymakers and practitioners working across climate adaptation, food security, and human well-being."
Africa-wide diversification of livelihood strategies: Isotopic insights into Holocene human adaptations to climate change (open access)
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