Further geological and palaeoanthropological investigations at the Maludong hominin site, Yunnan Province, Southwest China

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dc.contributor.authorJi, Xen_AU
dc.contributor.authorCurnoe, Den_AU
dc.contributor.authorBao, Zen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHerries, AIRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorFink, Den_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Yen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHellstrom, JCen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLuo, Yen_AU
dc.contributor.authorTacon, PSCen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-16T02:48:03Zen_AU
dc.date.available2021-12-16T02:48:03Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2013-08-28en_AU
dc.date.statistics2021-11-11en_AU
dc.description.abstractThree-dimensional mapping and section work undertaken by us in 2008 have identified 11 stratigraphic units at Maludong site. AMS radiocarbon dating of charcoal established an accurate and internally consistent age profile for the sequence of 17.8±0.2 ka to 13.2±0.1 ka. Archaeomagnetic analysis showed changes in externally derived pedogenically enhanced material consistent with a warming in climate between the cold period of Henrich Event 1 and the Bølling-Allerød interstadial. Human remains recovered during the 1989 excavation were derived from a deposit dating to this interstadial, or between 14.3±0.3 ka and 13.5±0.1 ka. Anthropogenic features, including burnt rocks, baked sediment and thick charcoal and ash layers, were identified and examined through archaeomagnetic analysis. Two monkey fossils are described here, one of them being reassigned from Macaca robustus to M. aff. M. assamensis. They confirm the young age of the site and also show signs of anthropogenic alteration in the form of burning. Additional human cranial remains are reported for the first time and new data are provided for some specimens described previously. A range of new features is identified that strengthen the affinities of the Maludong remains to archaic humans. The presence of this globally unique mosaic of archaic and modern features raises important questions about human evolutionary history in East Asia during the Late Upper Pleistocene. © The Authors - Open Accessen_AU
dc.identifier.citationJi, X., Curnoe, D., Bao, Z., Herries, A. I. R., Fink, D., Zhu, Y., Hellstrom, J., Luo, Y., & Tacon, P. S. C. (2013). Further geological and palaeoanthropological investigations at the Maludong hominin site, Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 58, 4472–4485. doi:10.1007/s11434-013-6026-5en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1861-9541en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleChinese Science Bulletinen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination4472-4485en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-013-6026-5en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/12484en_AU
dc.identifier.volume58en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_AU
dc.subjectChinaen_AU
dc.subjectMorphologyen_AU
dc.subjectEvolutionen_AU
dc.subjectHumansen_AU
dc.subjectPleistocene epochen_AU
dc.subjectQuaternary perioden_AU
dc.subjectAge estimationen_AU
dc.subjectAnthropoceneen_AU
dc.subjectFossilsen_AU
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_AU
dc.titleFurther geological and palaeoanthropological investigations at the Maludong hominin site, Yunnan Province, Southwest Chinaen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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