地貌过程对更新世——全新世中国季风区人类行为的影响（英文）

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文献类型 期刊论文

文献题名 地貌过程对更新世——全新世中国季风区人类行为的影响（英文）

作者 鹿化煜  卓海昕  张文超  王社江  张红艳  孙雪峰  贾鑫  徐志伟  王先彦 

作者单位 SchoolofGeographicandOceanographicSciences  NanjingUniversity  CASCenterforExcellenceinTibetanPlateauEarthSciences  JointLaboratoryofHumanEvolutionandArchaeometry  InstituteofVertebratePaleontologyandPaleoanthropology  CAS 

母体文献 Journal of Geographical Sciences 

年卷期 2017年11期

年份 2017 

分类号 Q981 

关键词 earthsurfaceprocesses  earlyhumanbehavior  monsoon  Pleistocene  Holocene  China 

文摘内容 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 ~1.7 Ma;they occupied the monsoon-dominated region for a long interval,until the late Pleistocene,~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.