Hominin-carnivore interactions during the Chinese Early Paleolithic: Taphonomic perspectives from Xujiayao

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	Hominin-carnivore interactions during the Chinese Early Paleolithic: Taphonomic perspectives from Xujiayao
	Norton, Christopher J.; Gao, Xing; k_s_g@hotmail.com; gaoxing@ivpp.ac.cn
	2008
发表期刊	J HUM EVOL
ISSN	0047-2484
卷号	55 期号:1
摘要	The ability of archaic Homo sapiens to survive in more northerly latitudes was contingent on securing a regular source of animal fat and protein. We present a taphonomic study that examines how successful these hominins were at acquiring these food sources during the latter part of the Early Paleolithic in Northeast Asia. This study focuses on the long bone midshaft surface modifications observed on the faunal remains from Xujiayao, a middle-late Pleistocene open-air site located at 40 degrees latitude in the western Nihewan Basin, northern China. The faunal assemblage is dominated by equid remains. Analysis of the percussion, tooth, and cut mark frequencies on the long bone midshafts demonstrates that the Xujiayao hominins had primary access to high utility (meat-bearing and narrow-rich) long bones. Investigation of the dual-patterned (tooth-marked and butchery-marked) bone fragments suggests that hominins were under little pressure from competing carnivores to abandon their kills. The lack of significant differences between the size of fragments with only percussion-marks and those with only tooth-marks supports these findings. Fragmentation ratios indicate that forelimbs were more intensively processed than hind limbs. Based on the water rounding and abrasion data, the Xujiayao assemblage is likely of autochthonous origin. Since the age of Xujiayao is still in question, we can only conclude that archaic Homo sapiens were successful predators of large game in Northeast Asia some time during the latter part of the Early Paleolithic. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
关键词	Early-modern Humans Modern Human-behavior South-africa Long Bones Percussion Marks Olduvai Gorge Tooth Marks Hammerstone Percussion Flk Zinjanthropus Cervus-nippon
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4823
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	k_s_g@hotmail.com; gaoxing@ivpp.ac.cn
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Norton, Christopher J.,Gao, Xing,k_s_g@hotmail.com,et al. Hominin-carnivore interactions during the Chinese Early Paleolithic: Taphonomic perspectives from Xujiayao[J]. J HUM EVOL,2008,55(1).
APA	Norton, Christopher J.,Gao, Xing,k_s_g@hotmail.com,&gaoxing@ivpp.ac.cn.(2008).Hominin-carnivore interactions during the Chinese Early Paleolithic: Taphonomic perspectives from Xujiayao.J HUM EVOL,55(1).
MLA	Norton, Christopher J.,et al."Hominin-carnivore interactions during the Chinese Early Paleolithic: Taphonomic perspectives from Xujiayao".J HUM EVOL 55.1(2008).

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