人类在6万5千年前占领了澳大利亚北部
Chris Clarkson1, Zenobia Jacobs2,3, Ben Marwick3,4
1School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Nature
|July 21, 2017
概括
人类到达澳大利亚的历史至少可以追溯到6万5千年前, 这一发现对早期现代人类的分散和与古人类的相互作用产生了影响.
科学领域:
- 考古学
- 古人类学
- 澳大利亚史前
背景情况:
- 人类到达澳大利亚的时间对于了解现代人类在非洲的扩散至关重要.
- 它还为现代人类与尼安德特人和丹尼索瓦人等古人类之间的互动提供了信息.
- 人类对澳大利亚巨型动物灭绝的影响是另一个关键的研究领域.
研究的目的:
- 在澳大利亚的马杰德贝贝岩石保护区建立一个更精确的时间表.
- 研究澳大利亚早期人类的技术能力和行为.
主要方法:
- 马杰德贝贝岩的新挖掘工作
- 艺术品沉积的平面分析.
- 为了确认文本完整性,
- 光学年代和沉积物分析.
主要成果:
- 人类在马杰德贝贝的存在始于大约65,000年前.
- 发现了一种独特的石头工具组合,包括磨石,磨石和磨石斧头.
- 通过文物修复和约会技术证实了平面图的完整性.
结论:
- 这种证据确立了人类到达澳大利亚的新最低年龄.
- 这些发现提供了关于现代人类从非洲分散的时间的见解.
- 结果表明现代人类与古人类 (尼安德特人,丹尼索瓦人) 之间的早期相互作用.
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