Direct Radiocarbon Dating of Late Pleistocene Hominids in Eurasia: Current Status, Problems, and Perspectives
| Autor: | Yaroslav V. Kuzmin, Susan G. Keates |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology 060102 archaeology Pleistocene Range (biology) 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Archaeology law.invention Paleontology Geography law General Earth and Planetary Sciences 0601 history and archaeology Radiocarbon dating 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Radiocarbon. 56:753-766 |
| ISSN: | 1945-5755 0033-8222 |
| DOI: | 10.2458/56.16936 |
| Popis: | The corpus of radiocarbon dates run directly on Pleistocene-age human remains in Eurasia (∼120 values, with ∼80 of them found to be reliable) is analyzed and interpreted. The latest Neanderthals are dated to ∼34,000–30,500 BP (∼38,800–35,400 cal BP). They probably coexisted with the first modern humans at ∼36,200–30,200 BP (∼42,500–32,800 cal BP) in the western and central parts of Europe. The earliest direct14C dates on modern humans in Eurasia are ∼34,950–33,300 BP (∼40,400–37,800 cal BP). A paucity of14C dates corresponding to the LGM is evident for Europe, but Asia perhaps had larger populations during this timespan. The main criteria for the selection of bone/tooth material for direct14C dating as now widely accepted are (1) the collagen yield (generally, 1% or more) and (2) the C:N ratio (within the 2.9–3.4 range). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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