Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of human adaptation in the Nihewan Basin of North China during Middle Pleistocene: A case study of Jijiazhuang archaeological site

doi:10.1007/s11442-025-2386-4

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	Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of human adaptation in the Nihewan Basin of North China during Middle Pleistocene: A case study of Jijiazhuang archaeological site
	Pei, Shuwen 1,2; Xu, Jingyue 1,2,3; Du, Yuwei 1,2,3; Ye, Zhi 1,2,3; Geng, Shuaijie 1,2,3; Liu, Ziyi 1,2,3
	2025-08-01
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	1009-637X
卷号	35 期号:8 页码:1601-1618
通讯作者	Pei, Shuwen(peishuwen@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	Situated in the semi-arid regions of North China, the Nihewan Basin documents the fluvio-lacustrine sequence and Pleistocene archaeological sites, offering an excellent opportunity to investigate human adaptation to environmental change in East Asia, especially in North China. However, paleoenvironmental datasets from Middle Pleistocene archaeological sites are not fully understood. Focusing on the evidence from the 0.63-0.49 Ma-old site of Jijiazhuang (Nihewan Basin, North China), this paper presents the results of various environmental indicators from the site context. Moreover, it explores the links between hominin behavioral adaptations and ecological variability during the extra-long interglacial period in North China. Sedimentological features of the excavated section indicate that the site was formed in the margin of the Nihewan paleolake. Based on well-constructed pollen, sediment grain size, color reflectance, and major geochemical element analyses, five stages of environmental changes were identified during site formation. This study indicates that hominins occupied the site at the early part of Stage 2, when the Nihewan paleolake had a relatively low water level and the climate was temperate, with strong weathering intensity dominated by wooded grassland landscapes. In conclusion, the results suggest that the extra-long duration of interglacial or mild stadial climate events (MISs 15-13) in the Northern Hemisphere may have provided favorable conditions for increased technological innovations and adaptive strategies among Middle Pleistocene hominins in the Nihewan Basin even in North China.
关键词	Middle Pleistocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction human adaptation Jijiazhuang site (JJZ) Nihewan Basin North China
DOI	10.1007/s11442-025-2386-4
关键词[WOS]	PALEOLITHIC SITE ; HUMAN-EVOLUTION ; QINLING MOUNTAINS ; LOESS ; HOMININ ; YUXIAN ; PROVENANCE ; DIVERSITY ; HISTORY ; RECORD
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[42371165] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41872029]
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography
WOS类目	Geography, Physical
WOS记录号	WOS:001544698500001
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/24821
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Pei, Shuwen
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.SACH, Key Sci Res Base Paleolith Human Evolut & Paleogen, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pei, Shuwen,Xu, Jingyue,Du, Yuwei,et al. Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of human adaptation in the Nihewan Basin of North China during Middle Pleistocene: A case study of Jijiazhuang archaeological site[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES,2025,35(8):1601-1618.
APA	Pei, Shuwen,Xu, Jingyue,Du, Yuwei,Ye, Zhi,Geng, Shuaijie,&Liu, Ziyi.(2025).Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of human adaptation in the Nihewan Basin of North China during Middle Pleistocene: A case study of Jijiazhuang archaeological site.JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES,35(8),1601-1618.
MLA	Pei, Shuwen,et al."Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of human adaptation in the Nihewan Basin of North China during Middle Pleistocene: A case study of Jijiazhuang archaeological site".JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES 35.8(2025):1601-1618.