Tectonic plates are the eggshell of Earth. Hence, we live on a tectonic plate on any continent we are on.
Because these plates are constantly moving, Earth seems like a living thing. Sometimes they crash into each other and create high mountains.
Yet sometimes they drift apart, and so they create deep oceans.
We are the children of plate tectonics. Many of the earliest civilizations in history emerged along the boundaries of the plates.
Lewis Dartnell
Therefore, they are changing the landscape and the climate of Earth. In a way, this change is finally affecting the evolution of species, including us humans.
Lewis Dartnell writes in his book Origin: ‘We are the children of plate tectonics… Many of the earliest civilisations in history emerged along the boundaries of the plates… And more fundamentally, tectonic processes in East Africa were critical for the evolution of hominins and the forging of our particularly intelligent and adaptable species.’
As we sit here, continents are adrift, like leaves on a pond. GPS tracking shows North America & Europe currently moving apart at the same rate your fingernail grows, or about two yards in a human lifetime.
Bill Bryson
But it is indeed true. Humans, like any other species, have evolved because of tectonic plate movements.
Since these activities are mainly along their boundaries, where human civilisation is thriving, it should not be a surprise that our dependence on the Earth’s plates.
More about the dots between humans and tectonic plates is explained in this episode.
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