一场新的放射性碳革命与现代人类在欧亚大陆的扩散。

A new radiocarbon revolution and the dispersal of modern humans in Eurasia.

作者信息

Mellars Paul

机构信息

Department of Archaeology, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK.

出版信息

Nature. 2006 Feb 23;439(7079):931-5. doi: 10.1038/nature04521.

DOI:10.1038/nature04521

PMID:16495989

Abstract

Radiocarbon dating has been fundamental to the study of human cultural and biological development over the past 50,000 yr. Two recent developments in the methodology of radiocarbon dating show that the speed of colonization of Europe by modern human populations was more rapid than previously believed, and that their period of coexistence with the preceding Neanderthal was shorter.

摘要

在过去的5万年里，放射性碳年代测定法一直是研究人类文化和生物发展的基础。放射性碳年代测定方法最近的两项进展表明，现代人类群体对欧洲的殖民速度比之前认为的要快，而且他们与之前的尼安德特人共存的时间更短。