Vegetation change and evolutionary response of large mammal fauna during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition in temperate northern East Asia

Xiao-hong, Zhou; Yang, Jilong; Wang, Shiqi; Xiao, Guoqiao; Zhao, Keliang; Zheng, Yan; Shên, Hui; Li, Xiaoqiang

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.06.007

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“…(a) The number of lithic artifacts. (b) The number of large mammal species in North China . (c) Hypothetical setting and landscape of Nihewan Basin based on information from the North China Plain and previous studies in the Nihewan Basin .…”

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“…(b) The number of large mammal species in North China . (c) Hypothetical setting and landscape of Nihewan Basin based on information from the North China Plain and previous studies in the Nihewan Basin . (d) global climate change based on the benthic δ18O records for ODP site 1,143 in the South China Sea [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Mu Us Desert to the west of the Nihewan Basin also shows an episode of expansion at about 1.2 Ma, with aridification further intensifying after 0.7 Ma . Up until the Late Pleistocene, the region is characterized by a warm coniferous–broadleaf mixed forest with woody grassland, as well as an increase in the extent of wetlands . Pollen studies of the Nihewan Basin indicate that a relatively dry and cold desert grassland environment was present early on, as shown in the Nangou section from 2.5 to 2.0 Ma .…”

Section: Climate Vegetation and Faunamentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The Nihewan Basin is located at the northeastern edge of the Loess Plateau, and at the transition zone between the North China Plain and the Inner Mongolia Plateau (Figure a). Significant changes in climate, vegetation, and fauna are recorded in the Loess Plateau, the North China Plain, and the Mu Us Desert of the south edge of the Inner Mongolian Plateau, providing insights into understanding the environments inhabited in the Nihewan Basin …”

Section: Climate Vegetation and Faunamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Vegetation and faunal changes have been documented in the Nihewan Basin and keyed to climate fluctuations in northern China . A recent study has shown close linkages between climatic fluctuations of the MPT and changes in paleovegetation patterns and large mammal communities .…”

Section: Climate Vegetation and Faunamentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Paleolithic in the Nihewan Basin, China: Evolutionary history of an Early to Late Pleistocene record in Eastern Asia

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The Nihewan Basin of China preserves one of the most important successions of Paleolithic archeological sites in Eurasia. Stratified archeological sites and mammalian fossils, first reported in the 1920s, continue to be recovered in large‐scale excavation projects. Here, we review key findings from archeological excavations in the Nihewan Basin ranging from ~1.66 Ma to 11.7 ka. We place particular emphasis on changes in stone tool technology over the long term. Though Pleistocene lithic industries from East Asia are often described as simple in character, re‐evaluation of the stone tool evidence from the Nihewan Basin demonstrates significant, though periodic, innovations and variability in manufacturing techniques through time, indicating adaptive and technological flexibility on the part of hominins. Synthesis of paleoenvironmental and archeological data indicate changes in hominin occupation frequency in the Nihewan Basin, with chronological gaps suggesting that continuous presence in high, seasonal latitudes was not possible prior to the Late Pleistocene.

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