Paleoenvironments of the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong, east-central China and their implications for the hominin evolution in eastern Asia

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109746

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	Paleoenvironments of the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong, east-central China and their implications for the hominin evolution in eastern Asia
	Ma, Jiao 1,2; Bocherens, Herve 3,4; Tong, Haowen1,5 ; Pei, Shuwen 1,2; Wu, Xiujie 1,2; Liu, Wu1,2
	2026-02-01
发表期刊	QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	373 页码:14
通讯作者	Ma, Jiao(majiao@ivpp.ac.cn) ; Wu, Xiujie(wuxiujie@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	The late Middle Pleistocene (300-129 ka) was pivotal for understanding how paleoenvironmental and climatic changes shaped hominin adaptations. Hualongdong (331-275 ka) yields key human fossils, stone tools, and abundant mammalian remains, enabling detailed paleoecological analysis. Carbon isotopic data from mammalian tooth enamel indicate a C3 vegetation-dominated forest environment at Hualongdong. The isotopic composition of a large bovid indicates, however, the co-existence of year-round C4 grasses. Bulk and serial isotopic results reveal a mosaic of dense forests and woodlands shaped by the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM). Closed forests would have provided stable resources, while seasonally dynamic woodlands with localized C4 vegetation would have supported favorable conditions for habitation and movement. Comparative analyses of Middle Pleistocene enamel stable isotopes across eastern Asia (including East and Southeast Asia) highlight distinct paleoenvironments in northern, east-central, southwestern China, as well as in Southeast Asia. Hualongdong in east-central China stands out as a mosaic of dense forests and open woodlands, distinct from the open woodlands of north China and the dense forests of southwestern China. The Hualongdong hominins exhibit a mosaic of derived and archaic traits, representing a significant morphological pattern in the late Middle Pleistocene of eastern Asia. Their successful occupation of this ecotonal landscape as revealed by our isotopic data, underscores the behavioral flexibility that characterized hominin evolution in this region.
关键词	Stable isotopes Tooth enamel Late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong Paleoenvironment Eastern Asia
DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109746
关键词[WOS]	CARBON-ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION ; HUMAN TOOTH ENAMEL ; OXYGEN ISOTOPES ; STABLE CARBON ; MAMMALIAN FOSSILS ; ELEPHAS-MAXIMUS ; MODERN HUMANS ; HOMO-ERECTUS ; SOUTH CHINA ; BIOAPATITE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Key Research and Develop-ment Program of China[2023YFF0804501]###3613 ; Youth Innovation Promotion[2022070]###3614
项目资助者	National Key Research and Develop-ment Program of China ; Youth Innovation Promotion
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001637837500001
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/25261
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Ma, Jiao; Wu, Xiujie
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 Tubingen, Senckenberg Ctr Human Evolut & Palaeoenvironm HEP, D-72074 Tubingen, Germany 4.Univ Tubingen, Fachbereich Geowissensch, Forschungsbereich Palaobiol, D-72074 Tubingen, Germany 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ma, Jiao,Bocherens, Herve,Tong, Haowen,et al. Paleoenvironments of the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong, east-central China and their implications for the hominin evolution in eastern Asia[J]. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,2026,373:14.
APA	Ma, Jiao,Bocherens, Herve,Tong, Haowen,Pei, Shuwen,Wu, Xiujie,&Liu, Wu.(2026).Paleoenvironments of the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong, east-central China and their implications for the hominin evolution in eastern Asia.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,373,14.
MLA	Ma, Jiao,et al."Paleoenvironments of the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong, east-central China and their implications for the hominin evolution in eastern Asia".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 373(2026):14.