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The relationship between the Palaeolithic–Neolithic cultural transition and environmental changes is important for understanding human history. However, the timing and nature of human behaviour at the transition, and their relationship to local environmental conditions, remain poorly understood. The Yujiagou archaeological site in the Nihewan Basin, northern China, provides valuable chronological...
It has been suggested that the ‘small‐tool’ and microblade Upper Palaeolithic industries coexisted in the Nihewan Basin of northern China for about 8–14 000 years during Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 2. This inference was based on uranium‐series ages of around 15 and 18 ka for bovid teeth recovered from the ‘latest’ small‐tool site of Xibaimaying – the youngest occurrence of such tools in the region...
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