Mortality profiles of the large herbivores from the Lingjing Xuchang Man Site,Henan Province and the early emergence of the modern human behaviors in East Asia  

作　　者：ZHANG ShuangQuan LI ZhanYang ZHANG Yue GAO Xing 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China [2]The Joint Laboratory of Human Evolution and Archaeometry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China [3]Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Zhengzhou 450000, China

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2009年第21期3857-3863,共7页

基　　金：Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB 806400);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40602006 and 40872115)

摘　　要：This paper presents the results of a detailed study of mortality profiles of the large herbivores from the Middle Palaeolithic (MP) bone assemblage of the Lingjing Xuchang Man Site, Henan Province. Based on the analysis of the crown heights of fossil teeth from this assemblage, we come to a conclusion that aurochs (Bos primigenius) and horse (Equus caballus) are the major prey species in this assemblage and the age structures of these animals can be best described as the "prime-dominated pattern". This study confirmed the well-established notions at many Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites across Eurasia and Africa that MSA/MP foragers were fully effective in hunting aggressive prey species, particularly aurochs and horse. This find indicates that the hunting behaviors and subsistence strategies were not significantly different between MP and UP (the Upper Palaeolithic) humans in East Asia and hence suggests the early emergence of the modern human behaviors in this area.This paper presents the results of a detailed study of mortality profiles of the large herbivores from the Middle Palaeolithic （MP） bone assemblage of the Lingjing Xuchang Man Site, Henan Province. Based on the analysis of the crown heights of fossil teeth from this assemblage, we come to a conclusion that aurochs （Bos primigenius） and horse （Equus caballus） are the major prey species in this assemblage and the age structures of these animals can be best described as the ＂prime-dominated pattern＂. This study confirmed the well-established notions at many Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites across Eurasia and Africa that MSA/MP foragers were fully effective in hunting aggressive prey species, particularly aurochs and horse. This find indicates that the hunting behaviors and subsistence strategies were not significantly different between MP and UP （the Upper Palaeolithic） humans in East Asia and hence suggests the early emergence of the modern human behaviors in this area.

关 键 词：草食动物 现代人类 死亡率 河南省 行为 遗址 许昌 早期 

分 类 号：Q981.1[天文地球—古生物学与地层学] S816.79[生物学—人类学]