在中国北部石峪,旧石器时代初期的归属没有得到经验支持

IF 13.9 1区 生物学 Q1 ECOLOGY
Leonardo Carmignani, Igor Djakovic, Peiqi Zhang, Nicolas Teyssandier, Nicolas Zwyns, Marie Soressi
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源自:S.-X. Yang et al.Yang et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02294-4 (2024)Initial Upper Palaeolithic (IUP) assemblages are increasingly thought to be linked to the first widespread dispersation of Homo sapiens across Eurasia between 55 and 40 thousand years ago (kya cal bp).因此,如今对 IUP 组合的鉴定在考古学研究中发挥着关键作用,而这一关键时期也是尼安德特人(Neandertals)和丹尼索瓦人(Denisovans)最终从化石记录中消失的时期。在最近的一篇论文中,Yang 等人1 声称在中国北部的石峪发现了最古老、最东部的 IUP,其年代为约 45 kya cal bp,并以此改变了对亚洲智人迁徙路线和时间的认识。然而,我们认为,这一归因是基于对文物样本的偏见、对技术定义的误用以及对石制品的误读,这些都是他们论证的核心。此外,这一观点还依赖于一个值得怀疑的假设,即所研究的材料(从最初的约 15,000 件石制品中抽取 750 件)是一个集合体的代表性样本。尽管我们认识到对以前发掘的器物进行重新技术评估的价值,但我们认为 IUP 的归属没有经验支持。事实上,它分散了人们对更紧迫问题的关注,这些问题涉及该技术的特征、石器与个人装饰品之间的关联以及该集合的整体完整性。下面,我们将强调杨等人的结论中存在的主要问题。
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An Initial Upper Palaeolithic attribution is not empirically supported at Shiyu, northern China

An Initial Upper Palaeolithic attribution is not empirically supported at Shiyu, northern China

arising from: S.-X. Yang et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02294-4 (2024)

Initial Upper Palaeolithic (IUP) assemblages are increasingly thought to be linked to the first widespread dispersal of Homo sapiens across Eurasia between 55 and 40 thousand years ago (kya cal bp). As a result, today the identification of IUP assemblages plays a key role in archaeological research focused on this key period, which is also characterized by the eventual disappearance of Neandertals and Denisovans from the fossil record. In a recent paper, Yang et al.1 claim to have identified the oldest and easternmost IUP at Shiyu, northern China, dated to ~45 kya cal bp and with this to transform knowledge of the routes and timing of the migration of H. sapiens in Asia. We argue, however, that this attribution is based on a biased sample of artefacts, the misuse of technological definitions and the misreading of stone artefacts central to their argument. Furthermore, it relies on the questionable assumption that the studied material (750 lithic artefacts from an original number of ~15,000) is a representative sample of a single assemblage. Although we recognize the value of technological re-evaluations of previously excavated assemblages, we believe that an IUP attribution is not empirically supported. In fact, it detracts attention from more pressing issues concerning the character of this technology, the association between lithics and personal ornaments and the overall integrity of the assemblage. Below, we highlight the key problems in the conclusions reached by Yang et al. 1.

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Nature ecology & evolution
Nature ecology & evolution Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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