Diversity of Femoral Diaphyseal Structure in East Asian Modern Humans During the Paleolithic-Neolithic Transition

doi:10.1002/ajpa.70146

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	Diversity of Femoral Diaphyseal Structure in East Asian Modern Humans During the Paleolithic-Neolithic Transition
	Zhao, Yuhao 1,2; He, Jianing 1,2; Zhao, Chaohong 2; Yu, Jincheng 3; Yuan, Yongming 4; Wang, Tao 5; Guo, Jingning 3; Wu, Minna 2; Xing, Song 6
	2025-10-31
发表期刊	AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN	2692-7691
卷号	188 期号:3 页码:17
通讯作者	He, Jianing(hejianing@pku.edu.cn)
摘要	Objectives During the Paleolithic-Neolithic transition, modern human femoral diaphyses underwent significant structural changes, primarily driven by shifts in subsistence patterns including decreased mobility and increased sedentism. However, femoral remains from East Asia during this period are inadequately reported and studied. This study investigates the femoral diaphyseal structures across East Asia during this transition, exploring their variation, evolutionary processes, and links to subsistence patterns reflected in the archeological record.Materials and Methods Human femora from Qihe Cave, Donghulin, and Taipinghu, representing South, North, and Northeast China during the transition, were analyzed. Midshaft cross-sectional shapes were compared with Early Upper Paleolithic (EUP), Late Upper Paleolithic (LUP), and recent sedentary agricultural (RSA) samples. Morphometric maps illustrating cortical bone thickness, external radius, and bending rigidity along the entire diaphysis were compared with Late Pleistocene early modern humans from South and North China and RSA specimens.Results Analysis of midshaft cross-sectional shapes revealed that DHL 4 and Qihe M2 align with the LUP group, whereas DHL M1 and TPH 45 show close affinities with the RSA group. Statistical analyses based on morphometric maps further reveal that DHL 4 and Qihe M2 share key features with Late Pleistocene early modern humans, whereas DHL M1 and TPH 45 fall within the RSA variation range.Discussion Two distinct femoral diaphyseal patterns are identified among East Asian modern humans during the transition, reflecting regional variations and intrapopulation divisions of labor, primarily associated with hunting and gathering strategies shaped by local environmental conditions and corresponding archeological cultures.
关键词	cross-sectional geometry early Holocene early modern human femoral diaphysis Mesolithic
DOI	10.1002/ajpa.70146
关键词[WOS]	CROSS-SECTIONAL GEOMETRY ; POPULATION HISTORY ; POSTCRANIAL ROBUSTICITY ; SIMILAR-TO-6150 YEARS ; SEXUAL-DIMORPHISM ; LATE PLEISTOCENE ; DONGHULIN SITE ; EARLY POTTERY ; MOBILITY ; AGRICULTURE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Grade C) of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[GZC20240038] ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2024M760052] ; National Key Research and Development Program of China[2023YFF0905700]
项目资助者	Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Grade C) of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; National Key Research and Development Program of China
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS记录号	WOS:001605395000001
出版者	WILEY
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/25068
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	He, Jianing
作者单位	1.Peking Univ, Ctr Study Chinese Archaeol, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Peking Univ, Sch Archaeol & Museol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Beijing Municipal Inst Archaeol, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Cultural Heritage, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Capital Normal Univ, Sch Hist, Beijing, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhao, Yuhao,He, Jianing,Zhao, Chaohong,et al. Diversity of Femoral Diaphyseal Structure in East Asian Modern Humans During the Paleolithic-Neolithic Transition[J]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,2025,188(3):17.
APA	Zhao, Yuhao.,He, Jianing.,Zhao, Chaohong.,Yu, Jincheng.,Yuan, Yongming.,...&Xing, Song.(2025).Diversity of Femoral Diaphyseal Structure in East Asian Modern Humans During the Paleolithic-Neolithic Transition.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,188(3),17.
MLA	Zhao, Yuhao,et al."Diversity of Femoral Diaphyseal Structure in East Asian Modern Humans During the Paleolithic-Neolithic Transition".AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 188.3(2025):17.