Today's scientists are scrambling to develop technology to cope with climate change; carbon capture technology, renewable energy and drought-resilient crops are just a few examples.
But researchers recently learned that ours isn't the first civilization to innovate as the Earth's climate shifts. A new study suggests "pulses" in technological innovation that took place between 280,000 and 30,000 years ago in present-day South Africa could have been driven by dramatic shifts in the region's weather conditions.
