Planets, Water Offer Enticing Scientific Promise
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Credit: NASA Ames-JPL-CalTech-R. Hurt
How We Conquered the Planet is the headline of the fascinating cover story in Scientific American’s August edition. Curtis Marean, a professor at Arizona State University who studies the ecosystems in coastal South Africa that gave rise to modern humans, believes Homo sapiens are hardwired to expand...
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