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Mountains' Uplift Created Man Humans evolved from apes in a savanna environment. But what forced this environmental change? In a study published in the journal "Geotimes", a husband-and-wife team of geologists, at the University of Utah, shows that the uplift of the mountains from East Africa determined our emergence on Earth. "Tectonics [moveme... 20 December 2007 04:41 GMT Explosions to See how Continents Collided This is the roof of the world. The way the highest mountainous chain (Himalaya) and plateau (Tibet) on Earth have formed has always fascinated scientists. Cornell geologist Larry Brown is lead-researcher of an international seismic profiling team that has been working for more than 15 years in Tibet, using explosion... 7 May 2007 05:00 GMT