Technological innovations and hafted technology in central China ～160,000-72,000 years ago

doi:10.1038/s41467-025-67601-y

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	Technological innovations and hafted technology in central China ～160,000-72,000 years ago
	Yue, Jian-Ping 1; Song, Guo-Ding 2; Yang, Shi-Xia 1,3; Kang, Shu-Gang 4; Li, Jing-Ya 5; Marwick, Ben 6; Olle, Andreu 7,8; Fernandez-Marchena, Juan Luis 7,9; Shu, Pei-Xian 4,10; Liu, Hao-Yu 11; Zhang, Yu-Xiu 11; Huan, Fa-Xiang 1,11; Zhao, Qing-Po 12; Qiao, Bao-Tong 13; Shen, Zhong-Shan 14; Deng, Cheng-Long 11,14; Petraglia, Michael 3,15,16
	2026-01-27
发表期刊	NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷号	17 期号:1 页码:11
通讯作者	Yang, Shi-Xia(yangshixia@ivpp.ac.cn) ; Kang, Shu-Gang(kshg@ieecas.cn) ; Petraglia, Michael(m.petraglia@griffith.edu.au)
摘要	Technological innovations in Africa and western Europe in the later part of the Middle Pleistocene signal the behavioural complexity of hominin populations. Yet, at the same time, it has long been believed that hominin technologies in Eastern Asia lack signs of innovation and sophistication. Here, we report on technological innovations occurring at Xigou, in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region, central China, dating to similar to 160,000-72,000 years ago. Technological, typological, and functional analyses reveal the presence of advanced technological behaviours spanning over a 90,000-year period. The Xigou hominins used core-on-flake and discoid methods to effectively obtain small dimensional flakes to manufacture a diverse range of tool forms. The identification of the hafted tools provides the earliest evidence for composite tools in Eastern Asia, to our knowledge. Technological innovations revealed at Xigou and other contemporary sites in China correspond with increasing evidence for Late Quaternary hominin morphological variability, including larger brain sizes, such as demonstrated at Lingjing (Xuchang) in central China. The complex technological advancements recorded at Xigou indicate that hominins developed adaptive strategies that enhanced their survivability across fluctuating environments of the late Middle Pleistocene and middle Late Pleistocene in Eastern Asia.
DOI	10.1038/s41467-025-67601-y
关键词[WOS]	DANJIANGKOU RESERVOIR REGION ; MIDDLE STONE-AGE ; SCANNING-ELECTRON ; OPTICAL LIGHT ; ROCK CRYSTAL ; HOMO-SAPIENS ; QUARTZITE ; TOOLS ; SITE ; CAVE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program[2024QZKK0301]###3384 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42488201]###2989 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42177424]###3348 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42522206]###3628 ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[Y2022102]###3629 ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[2020074]###1495 ; Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi[2024JC-JCQN-37]###3630 ; International Partnership Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[052GJHZ2022024FN]###3631 ; Beijing Natural Science Foundation of China[8232048]###3632 ; Griffith University###2718 ; Generalitat de Catalunya AGAUR agency###3633 ; Universitat Rovira i Virgili[2023PFR-URV-01239]###3634 ; Maria de Maeztu program - MICIU/AEI[CIAPOS/2022/022]###3635 ; APOSTD contract of the Generalitat Valenciana-FSE###3636 ; [PID2024-156477NB-C31]###3637 ; [2021SGR01239]###3638 ; [CEX2024-01485-M]###3639
项目资助者	Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi ; International Partnership Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Beijing Natural Science Foundation of China ; Griffith University ; Generalitat de Catalunya AGAUR agency ; Universitat Rovira i Virgili ; Maria de Maeztu program - MICIU/AEI ; APOSTD contract of the Generalitat Valenciana-FSE
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001673213800001
出版者	NATURE PORTFOLIO
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/25313
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Yang, Shi-Xia; Kang, Shu-Gang; Petraglia, Michael
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Beijing Union Univ, Coll Appl Arts & Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Griffith Univ, Australian Res Ctr Human Evolut, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Key Lab Loess Sci, Xian, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Social Sci, Inst Archaeol, Beijing, Peoples R China 6.Univ Washington, Dept Anthropol, Seattle, WA USA 7.Inst Catala Paleoecol Humana & Evolucio Social IPH, Zona Educ 4,Campus Sescelades URV Edif W3, Tarragona, Spain 8.Univ Rovira i Virgili, Dept Hist & Hist Art, Tarragona, Spain 9.Univ Valencia, Dept Prehist Arqueol & Hist Antiga, Valencia, Spain 10.Univ Oslo, Dept Archaeol Conservat & Hist, Oslo, Norway 11.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 12.Henan Prov Inst Cultural Heritage & Archaeol, Zhengzhou, Peoples R China 13.Nanyang Inst Preservat Cultural Heritage, Nanyang, Peoples R China 14.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, State Key Lab Lithospher & Environm Coevolut, Beijing, Peoples R China 15.Univ Queensland, Sch Social Sci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 16.Smithsonian Inst, Human Origins Program, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Washington, DC 20560 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yue, Jian-Ping,Song, Guo-Ding,Yang, Shi-Xia,等. Technological innovations and hafted technology in central China ～160,000-72,000 years ago[J]. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,2026,17(1):11.
APA	Yue, Jian-Ping.,Song, Guo-Ding.,Yang, Shi-Xia.,Kang, Shu-Gang.,Li, Jing-Ya.,...&Petraglia, Michael.(2026).Technological innovations and hafted technology in central China ～160,000-72,000 years ago.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,17(1),11.
MLA	Yue, Jian-Ping,et al."Technological innovations and hafted technology in central China ～160,000-72,000 years ago".NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 17.1(2026):11.