Did a supernova prompt humans to walk upright?

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Massive supernova could have made humans walk upright,

study says. Researchers claim cosmic particles bombarded 

Earth’s surface at such high levels forests turned to savannah

Phoebe Weston, The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/massive-supernova-explosion-star-humans-walk-upright-hominins-space-news-adrian-melott-a8932966.html

 

Researchers wonder if ancient supernovae prompted 

human ancestors to walk upright by University of Kansas

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-ancient-supernovae-prompted-human-ancestors.html

 

The paper is:

 

Melott, Adrian L., and Brian C. Thomas. "From cosmic 

explosions to terrestrial fires?." arXiv preprint 

arXiv:1903.01501 (2019).

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.01501.pdf

 

Adrian L. Melott and Brian C. Thomas, "From Cosmic 

Explosions to Terrestrial Fires?," The Journal of Geology

0, no. 0 (-Not available-): 000. https://doi.org/10.1086/703418

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/703418

 

Yours,

Paul H.