The easternmost Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) from Jinsitai Cave, North China

Feng Li; Steven L Kuhn; Fuyou Chen; Yinghua Wang; John Southon; Fei Peng; Mingchao Shan; Chunxue Wang; Junyi Ge; Xiaomin Wang; Tala Yun; Xing Gao

doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.10.004

The easternmost Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) from Jinsitai Cave, North China

Feng Li, Steven L Kuhn, Fuyou Chen, Yinghua Wang, John Southon, Fei Peng, Mingchao Shan, Chunxue Wang, Junyi Ge, Xiaomin Wang, Tala Yun, Xing Gao

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Abstract

The dispersal of Neanderthals and their genetic and cultural interactions with anatomically modern humans and other hominin populations in Eurasia are critical issues in human evolution research. Neither Neanderthal fossils nor typical Mousterian assemblages have been reported in East Asia to date. Here we report on artifact assemblages comparable to western Eurasian Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) at Jinsitai, a cave site in North China. The lithic industry at Jinsitai appeared at least 47–42 ka and persisted until around 40–37 ka. These findings expand the geographic range of the Mousterian-like industries at least 2000 km further to the east than what has been previously recognized. This discovery supplies a missing part of the picture of Middle Paleolithic distribution in Eurasia and also demonstrates the makers’ capacity to adapt to diverse geographic regions and habitats of Eurasia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	76-84
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Human Evolution
Volume	114
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.10.004
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

Keywords

Jinsitai Cave
Lithic technology
Middle Paleolithic
Mousterian
North China

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Anthropology

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Li, F., Kuhn, S. L., Chen, F., Wang, Y., Southon, J., Peng, F., Shan, M., Wang, C., Ge, J., Wang, X., Yun, T., & Gao, X. (2018). The easternmost Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) from Jinsitai Cave, North China. Journal of Human Evolution, 114, 76-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.10.004

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