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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106614
	Hominin site distributions and behaviours across the Mid-Pleistocene climate transition in China
	Yang S.-X.; Yue J.-P.; Zhou X.; Storozum M.; Huan F.-X.; Deng C.-L.; Petraglia M.D.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	248
英文摘要	Knowledge about the Early and Middle Pleistocene hominin record of China is steadily increasing owing to the on-going implementation of palaeoanthropological surveys and excavations. Yet, relatively little attention has been paid to the effects of climate variability on hominin populations in China and its influence on archaeological site distributions and hominin behaviours. The Mid-Pleistocene climate transition (MPT), dating to between ∼1.2–0.7 Ma in Eastern Asia, is characterized by significant changes in the length and intensity of glacial-interglacial cycles and in monsoon intensity and terrestrial conditions, which have been implicated in influencing the occupation history of basins within China. Here, the MPT is examined relative to archaeological site distributions across China to determine potential long-term geographic and behavioural effects on hominin populations before, during and after this critical period. Changes in the geographic distribution of hominins are demonstrated across the MPT, with significant shifts in the number of sites in high and low latitudes, likely as a response to changing ecosystems. Technological innovations, including the development of Large Cutting Tools, occur in the MPT and afterwards, possibly a response to the formation of open habitats in South China. Geographic and behavioural shifts in the hominin record challenge traditional views about the long-term, conservative nature of the biological and cultural evolution of hominins in Eastern Asia, and instead demonstrate dynamic responses of populations to ecosystem changes across the Early and Middle Pleistocene. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Archaeological site distributions; Hominin behaviour; Large Cutting Tools; Palaeolithic; Pleistocene archaeology
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Architecture; Biology; Cutting tools; Ecosystems; Population distribution; Archaeological site; Climate variability; Cultural evolution; Glacial-interglacial cycles; Mid-pleistocene climate transition; Middle Pleistocene; Site distribution; Technological innovation; Geographical distribution; anthropology; archaeological evidence; climate variation; glacial-interglacial cycle; hominid; human settlement; monsoon; occupation; Pleistocene; technological development; China
来源期刊	Quaternary Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151265
作者单位	Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paloenvironment, Beijing, 100044, China; Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, 07745, Germany; State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China; Department of History, Anhui University, Hefei, 230039, China; School of Ethnology and Sociology, Minzu University of China, Beijing, 100081, China; State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, Unit...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang S.-X.,Yue J.-P.,Zhou X.,et al. Hominin site distributions and behaviours across the Mid-Pleistocene climate transition in China[J],2020,248.
APA	Yang S.-X..,Yue J.-P..,Zhou X..,Storozum M..,Huan F.-X..,...&Petraglia M.D..(2020).Hominin site distributions and behaviours across the Mid-Pleistocene climate transition in China.Quaternary Science Reviews,248.
MLA	Yang S.-X.,et al."Hominin site distributions and behaviours across the Mid-Pleistocene climate transition in China".Quaternary Science Reviews 248(2020).