Changes in the Geographical Distributions of Global Human ...

The Role of Geography in Human Adaptation - PMC - PubMed Central

At its most basic level, natural selection acts to change allele frequencies in populations. Hence, geographically localized selection will lead ...

Population growth - Understanding Global Change

Consequently, global human population rapidly increased, and continues to do so, with dramatic impacts on global climate and ecosystems. We will need ...

Physical and human factors affecting global population distribution

Wars and conflicts can lead to significant movements of population and a simultaneous decrease in density in some areas while others may increase. D. Task on ...

Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and ...

We note that while the human population has increased by 23% and the world economy has grown 153%, the human footprint has increased by just 9%.

How have we changed since our species first appeared?

A dramatic reduction in the size of humans occurred at this time. Many scientists think that this reduction was influenced by global climatic change and the ...

Population Growth - Our World in Data

... global population was a tiny fraction of what it is today. Over the last few centuries, the human population has gone through an extraordinary change. In ...

Deconstructing the geography of human impacts on species' natural ...

For example, identifying land-use change as the main global cause of terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity loss and over-harvesting as the ...

Climate Effects on Human Evolution - Smithsonian's Human Origins

Climate Fluctuation · Organisms and Environmental Change · Adaptation to Change · The Variability Selection Hypothesis · Ancient Hominins Were Found ...

Global expansion of human-wildlife overlap in the 21st century

Yet, while several studies have documented substantial impacts of global change on human-wildlife overlap at local geographic scales (22), to ...

Future of the human climate niche | PNAS

In summary, our results suggest a strong tension between expected future population distributions and the future locations of climate conditions ...

Distribution - National Geographic Education

To understand distribution patterns, it is important to understand other factors, such as climate, landforms, and vegetation. For example, the human population ...

Human Mobility and the Global Spread of Infectious Diseases

... human mobility, increasing volumes of trade and tourism, and changing geographic distributions of disease vectors. In particular, human travel and migration ...

Worldwide genetic and cultural change in human evolution

Both genetic variation and certain culturally transmitted phenotypes show geographic signatures of human demographic history.

Population and Migration – Introduction to Human Geography

In regards to population growth, geographers emphasize three elements: the population size, the rate of increase of world population, the unequal distribution ...

Global human influence maps reveal clear opportunities in ...

Yet, it remains unclear how much of Earth's land area remains without significant human influence and where this land is located. We compare ...

Geography And History Shape Genetic Differences In Humans

... distribution of genetic variations in populations around the world ... Climate Change Parching the West: Evaporation · Gophers-For-A-Day ...

Genetic Landscapes Reveal How Human Genetic Diversity Aligns ...

In many regions of the world, human genetic diversity “mirrors” geography in the sense that genetic differentiation increases with geographic ...

Population distribution within the human climate niche - UF Geography

ABSTRACT: Climate change may pose an acute threat to humanity due to physical and biological constraints on regional habitability. A recent ...

Climate change: global impacts - RGS - Royal Geographical Society

It is uncertain how populations will respond to changes in climate due to global warming. However, theories suggest that there may be large population movements ...

Geographical Changes - (AP Human Geography) - Fiveable

... distribution, and ... Evaluate the long-term impacts of climate change on geographical changes and their implications for global political stability.