Eilish BrightwellDec 24, 20181 min readThe end of an era...?From writing this blog I have learnt that looking back through the past is important in suggesting what the next steps might be in our...
Eilish BrightwellDec 24, 20182 min readThe Silurian hypothesis: advanced life before humans?I began this blog by describing the evolution of early hominids. However, there are some lines of thought which suggests that they were...
Eilish BrightwellDec 21, 20181 min readVikings in Greenland: a population collapse mystery...Moving on from the relationship between early humans and environmental change, I wanted to do a quick post on the more recent history of...
Eilish BrightwellDec 14, 20183 min readThe evolution of agriculture In my last blog post, focussing on Holocene greenhouse gas emissions, I mentioned the early anthropocene hypothesis which is based on the...
Eilish BrightwellDec 7, 20182 min readEmissions trends and environmental change Having described early human's relationship with fire in my last blog post, I thought in this post I could present a few graphs which...
Eilish BrightwellNov 30, 20182 min readEarly Humans and fireThere are three components required for fire: heat, oxygen and fuel (Scott 2018). The oldest evidence for fire on earth (wildfire - not...
Eilish BrightwellNov 23, 20182 min readWhat can teeth tell us about evolution and environmental change?Both human and animal teeth are useful when looking at human evolution and environmental change. Human teeth are important in looking at...
Eilish BrightwellNov 16, 20183 min readChanges in Freshwater availability and human evolutionFreshwater availability is an important aspect of environmental change and one that is constantly changing. Variation in freshwater...
Eilish BrightwellNov 9, 20181 min readThe early use of toolsI just wanted to do a quick post to share this video which covers how early humans used stone tools. The use of tools was a key step in...
Eilish BrightwellNov 2, 20182 min readTheories for the evolution of bipedalismContinuing on from last week's blog post on environmental change in the East African Rift System, this post is going to focus on some...
Eilish BrightwellOct 26, 20182 min readThe formation of the East African Rift System and the environmental consequences This blog post will cover the formation of the East African Rift System (EARS) how it has affected climate in the region, which is...
Eilish BrightwellOct 19, 20183 min readAn overview of early human evolutionIn this post I want to focus on the relationship between early humans and their evolution. I'm going to cover some of the major changes...
Eilish BrightwellOct 12, 20182 min readA human climate? Hi and welcome to my blog! My name is Eilish and I am a 3rd year BSc. Geography student at UCL. This blog will focus on global...