人类最早出现在东北亚高纬度地区的新证据

<正>确定早期人类扩散到亚洲的时间是人类演化研究的中心课题之一。在华北泥河湾盆地马圈沟湖相沉积剖面发掘出四层无可争议的石器层。本项研究的磁性地层学结果表明,这四层石器层的年龄介于Olduvai极性亚时和Cobb Mountain事件之间的近34万年时间间隔内。层位最低的旧石器的年龄约1.66Myr,代表了东亚地区利用石器加工动物遗骨     

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of bone collagen: Variations within individuals,between sexes,and within populations raised on monotonous diets

The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of collagen of seven bones from each of three rabbits raised on a monotonous diet, and of two bones from each of eight female and seven male mink raised on another monotonous diet, were determined. The ranges of δ¹³C values and δ¹⁵N values were 0·5‰ and 0·6‰ for the rabbit bones and 1·0‰ and 1·4‰ for the mink bones. Uncertainties in the δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N values for prehistoric human diets estimated from the isotopic composition of collagen from the small numbers of bones which are typically available for analysis, and thus likely to be of the order of ±1‰.