MPI GEA in the Media: 2025

This page collects select articles and interviews from the media in different formats. All rights are maintained by the original publishers.

Early Humans Thrived in Rainforests

The discovery clashes with the traditional image of humans evolving on the savannas of East Africa. Article in the New York Times, originally published 26 February 2025. more

Menschen lebten viel früher im Dschungel als gedacht (Humans lived in the jungle much earlier than previously thought)

Poisonous plants, snakes and predators - there are countless dangers lurking in the rainforest. Nevertheless, humans developed it as a habitat. And much earlier than previously assumed, according to the results of a new study. First published in German in Tagesschau on 26 February 2025. more

Could an aqueduct bring water to western Kansas, or is it a pipedream?

The Ogallala aquifer that sustains parts of western Kansas has been declining rapidly, and some farmers say the solution is an aqueduct running across the state. But critics of the idea say it isn’t practical and is a distraction from real solutions to water issues. Interview with Georg Schaefer in NPR affiliate KMUW Wichita more

Wir essen sogar Öl (We even eat oil)

Das Ende der Petromoderne: Kulturwissenschaftler Benjamin Steininger im GEO-Interview (The end of Petromodernity: Cultural scientist Benjamin Steininger in GEO interview. Text in German) more

Eine Welt mit sieben Menschenarten: Als Homo sapiens noch nicht allein auf Erden war (A World with Seven Kinds of Human: When Homo sapiens wasn’t yet alone on Earth)

Interview with Patrick Roberts in Tagesspiegel (in German). First published on 5 January 2025. more