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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/emergence-modern-humans-china-
 behavioral-perspectives/
SUMMARY:Emergence of modern humans in China: behavioral perspectives
DESCRIPTION:\n	Qu Tongli (Associate Professor in Archaeology\, Peking Unive
 rsity\; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2019-20)\n\n	Chair/discussant: Amy Clark (
 College Fellow - Archaeology\, Department of Anthropology\, Harvard Univer
 sity)\n\n	 \n\n	Co-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
 \n\n	 \n\n\n	China has been the focus of discussion on modern human origi
 ns. Human fossils found recently in South China show that modern humans e
 merged in China in the early Late Pleistocene (ca. 100ka BP)\, and add ne
 w clues to the modern human origins. However\, the appearance of modern hu
 mans in North China is in a more blurred picture due to the paucity of fos
 sils. This talk attempts to look at the issue through examining the patter
 n of animal resource exploitation in the Late Pleistocene. Zooarchaeologic
 al studies of the sites in northern China show a subsistence pattern chara
 cterized by hunting large mammals\, especially the adult individuals durin
 g the early and middle Late Pleistocene\, which is similar with that of Ne
 anderthals in the west of Eurasia. In the late Late Pleistocene subsistenc
 e strategies changed\, represented by a broadened diet and intensive explo
 itation. Meanwhile\, bone and antler tools appeared around 30ka BP in the 
 north. According to these changes\, together with the appearance of novel 
 lithic technology\, we suggest that modern humans appeared in North China 
 around 30ka BP. \n\n	 
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