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| Earth surface processes and their effects on human behavior in monsoonal China during the Pleistocene-Holocene epochs | |
| Lu Huayu1,2; Zhuo Haixin1; Zhang Wenchao1; Wang Shejiang3; Zhang Hongyan1; Sun Xuefeng1; Jia Xin1; Xu Zhiwei1; Wang Xianyan1 | |
| 2017-11-01 | |
| 发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES
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| 卷号 | 27期号:11页码:1311-1324 |
| 文章类型 | Article |
| 摘要 | There is a wide diversity of landforms in China. The topography of three major terraces, decreasing in height stepwise from west to east, was formed by the early Miocene. With the commencement of the Great Northern Hemisphere Glaciations (GHGs) and the glacial-interglacial cycles in the Pleistocene, thick loess deposits accumulated in north China, and fluvial terraces were formed and lakes expanded and contracted in eastern and central China. The earliest evidence of hominins in China is dated to similar to 1.7 Ma; they occupied the monsoon-dominated region for a long interval, until the late Pleistocene, similar to 50 ka. In this study, we investigated a large area rich in the relics and artifacts of early man. The results indicate that the early humans occupied riverine areas, especially medium-sized fluvial basins, and lake shores. Even in the relatively recent geological past, the occupation and abandonment of settlements were directly forced by the shifting of sand dune fields in the desert-loess transitional zone, which in turn was closely associated with variations in the monsoon climate and vegetation patterns. Our observations indicate that landforms were one of the main determinants of early human behavior, in that loess tableland, large alluvial plains, desert-Gobi areas, and the Tibetan Plateau, were not suitable environments for early human settlement. We infer that the early humans in China adapted their behavior to specific landforms and landform processes. The monsoon climate, which shapes the large-scale step-like pattern of fluvial landforms, promotes vegetation coverage and dominates soil formation, provides a crucial context for early human adaptation. The adaptation of early humans to earth surface processes in East Asia is investigated for the first time in this study. Future investigations will provide further information that will increase our understanding of the linkage between early human behavior and landform processes in East Asia. |
| 关键词 | Earth Surface Processes Early Human Behavior Monsoon Pleistocene Holocene China |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11442-017-1437-x |
| 关键词[WOS] | PERMANENT HUMAN OCCUPATION ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; LOESS DEPOSITS ; LUONAN BASIN ; QINLING MOUNTAINS ; EAST-ASIA ; PALEOENVIRONMENT ; HOMO ; SETTLEMENT ; LATITUDES |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 项目资助者 | National Natural Science Foundation of China(41472138 ; CAS(XDPB05) ; Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2016YFA0600503) ; 41401220 ; 41472026) |
| WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography |
| WOS类目 | Geography, Physical |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000413227400002 |
| 引用统计 | |
| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8041 |
| 专题 | 中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后） |
| 作者单位 | 1.Nanjing Univ, Sch Geog & Oceanog Sci, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Joint Lab Human Evolut & Archaeometry, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lu Huayu,Zhuo Haixin,Zhang Wenchao,et al. Earth surface processes and their effects on human behavior in monsoonal China during the Pleistocene-Holocene epochs[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES,2017,27(11):1311-1324. |
| APA | Lu Huayu.,Zhuo Haixin.,Zhang Wenchao.,Wang Shejiang.,Zhang Hongyan.,...&Wang Xianyan.(2017).Earth surface processes and their effects on human behavior in monsoonal China during the Pleistocene-Holocene epochs.JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES,27(11),1311-1324. |
| MLA | Lu Huayu,et al."Earth surface processes and their effects on human behavior in monsoonal China during the Pleistocene-Holocene epochs".JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES 27.11(2017):1311-1324. |
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