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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108499
	Chronology and paleoclimatic context of hominin occupations in the Fenhe River Basin of northern China during the middle to Late Pleistocene
	Li, Guoqiang; Deng, Yanqing; Ren, Haiyun; Tu, Hua; Lai, Ji; Yang, He; Gou, Siyi; Wang, Yixuan; Zhang, Yunian; Lai, Zhongping; Yuan, Wenming; Wang, Yiren; Petraglia, Michael D.
发表日期	2024
ISSN	0277-3791
EISSN	1873-457X
起始页码	326
卷号	326
英文摘要	The relationship between climate change and hominin evolution over the Pleistocene in East Asia is still poorly understood, in particular due to the limited number of archaeological finds and fossils with reliable chronologies. Paleolithic sites preserved in loess-paleosol sequences in eastern Chinese Loess Plateau provide prospective evidence for understanding hominin evolution and dispersion across the Middle to Late Pleistocene in northern China. The Fenhe River Basin has been known as a key area for paleolithic sites and fossil hominins. Here, quartz Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and K -feldspar post -infrared infrared stimulated luminescence (pIRIR) dating was employed on 61 samples from 13 paleolithic sites in the Fenhe River Basin. The reliability of the ages are checked by analysis of luminescence characteristics and comparison between quartz OSL and K -feldspar pIRIR ages. Paleoclimatic records were established using alternating loess-paleosol sequences, and multi -proxy indices of grain size, magnetic susceptibility, CaCO3 and color from the dated sites. These results provide the reliable chronology for hominin presence in the Fenhe River Basin spanning the past three glacial -interglacial cycles. Our results show that this region experienced predominantly dusty, dry and cold conditions during glacials and comparatively moist and warm interglacial conditions, that are sensitive to variations in East Asian Summer and Winter Monsoon (EASM and EAWM respectively) intensities over glacial -interglacial timescales. The Fenhe River Basin is a key geographic refuge for hominins during glacial -interglacial climatic changes in northern China. It was occupied over glacial and interglacial periods spanning at least the last 370 ky, and the evidence for hominin presence is especially clear from -250 to 60 ka and since -35 ka. The frequency of hominin activity, as indicated by the number of archaeological sites and density of stone artifacts, increased during warm and humid periods of MIS 7 and MIS 5, in contrast to the cold, windy, and dry period of MIS 6. Site numbers increased in MIS 3 and the Last Glacial Maximum, in association with microblade technology. The dating results indicate that hominins with 'modern' features may have occurred in the Fenhe River Basin -140 ka ago, however, the exact timing of modern human occupation in the region needs a more combined approach consisting of morphological, ancient DNA and geochronological studies.
英文关键词	Paleoenvironments; Paleolithic sites; Luminescence dating; Glacial-interglacial cycles; Fenhe river basin in China
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001164170900001
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/305989
作者单位	Lanzhou University; Shantou University; Chengdu University of Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, CAS; Griffith University; Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; University of Queensland; Lanzhou University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Guoqiang,Deng, Yanqing,Ren, Haiyun,et al. Chronology and paleoclimatic context of hominin occupations in the Fenhe River Basin of northern China during the middle to Late Pleistocene[J],2024,326.
APA	Li, Guoqiang.,Deng, Yanqing.,Ren, Haiyun.,Tu, Hua.,Lai, Ji.,...&Petraglia, Michael D..(2024).Chronology and paleoclimatic context of hominin occupations in the Fenhe River Basin of northern China during the middle to Late Pleistocene.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,326.
MLA	Li, Guoqiang,et al."Chronology and paleoclimatic context of hominin occupations in the Fenhe River Basin of northern China during the middle to Late Pleistocene".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 326(2024).