Publication Date:
2000-03-04
Description:
Stone artifacts from the Bose basin, South China, are associated with tektites dated to 803,000 +/- 3000 years ago and represent the oldest known large cutting tools (LCTs) in East Asia. Bose toolmaking is compatible with Mode 2 (Acheulean) technologies in Africa in its targeted manufacture and biased spatial distribution of LCTs, large-scale flaking, and high flake scar counts. Acheulean-like tools in the mid-Pleistocene of South China imply that Mode 2 technical advances were manifested in East Asia contemporaneously with handaxe technology in Africa and western Eurasia. Bose lithic technology is associated with a tektite airfall and forest burning.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yamei, H -- Potts, R -- Baoyin, Y -- Zhengtang, G -- Deino, A -- Wei, W -- Clark, J -- Guangmao, X -- Weiwen, H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Mar 3;287(5458):1622-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 643, Beijing 100044, China.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10698732" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Africa
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Animals
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*Anthropology
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Archaeology
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China
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History, Ancient
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*Hominidae
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Humans
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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