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DOI | 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.11.016 |
The role of climate in the spread of modern humans into Europe | |
Mueller, Ulrich C.1; Pross, Joerg1; Tzedakis, Polychronis C.2,3; Gamble, Clive4; Kotthoff, Ulrich1,5; Schmiedl, Gerhard5; Wulf, Sabine6,7; Christanis, Kimon8 | |
通讯作者 | Mueller, Ulrich C. |
来源期刊 | QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
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ISSN | 0277-3791 |
出版年 | 2011 |
卷号 | 30期号:3-4页码:273-279 |
英文摘要 | The spread of anatomically modern humans (AMH) into Europe occurred when shifts in the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation triggered a series of large and abrupt climate changes during the last glacial. However, the role of climate forcing in this process has remained unclear. Here we present a last glacial record that provides insight into climate-related environmental shifts in the eastern Mediterranean region, i.e. the gateway for the colonisation of Europe by AMH. We show that the environmental impact of the Heinrich Event H5 climatic deterioration c. 48 kyr ago was as extreme as that of the glacial maximum of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 4 when most of Europe was deserted by Neanderthals. We argue that Heinrich H5 resulted in a similar demographic vacuum so that invasive AMH populations had the opportunity to spread into Europe and occupy large parts before the Neanderthals were able to reoccupy this territory. This spread followed the resumption of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at the beginning of Greenland Interstadial (GIS) 12 c. 47 kyr ago that triggered an extreme and rapid shift from desert-steppe to open woodland biomes in the gateway to Europe. We conclude that the extreme environmental impact of Heinrich H5 within a situation of competitive exclusion between two closely related hominids species shifted the balance in favour of modern humans. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Germany ; England ; Greece ; USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000287434000002 |
WOS关键词 | ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES ; SOUTHERN EUROPE ; LAST ; VEGETATION ; MARINE ; VARIABILITY ; GREENLAND ; RECORDS ; SEA ; SPELEOTHEMS |
WOS类目 | Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
来源机构 | University of London |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/170232 |
作者单位 | 1.Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Inst Geosci, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany; 2.UCL, Dept Geog, London WC1E 6BT, England; 3.Univ Aegean, Dept Environm, Mitilini 81100, Greece; 4.Royal Holloway Univ London, Dept Geog, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, England; 5.Univ Hamburg, Inst Geol & Palaeontol, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; 6.Univ Texas Austin, Inst Geophys, Austin, TX 78758 USA; 7.Deutsch GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany; 8.Univ Patras, Dept Geol, Rion 26500, Greece |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Mueller, Ulrich C.,Pross, Joerg,Tzedakis, Polychronis C.,et al. The role of climate in the spread of modern humans into Europe[J]. University of London,2011,30(3-4):273-279. |
APA | Mueller, Ulrich C..,Pross, Joerg.,Tzedakis, Polychronis C..,Gamble, Clive.,Kotthoff, Ulrich.,...&Christanis, Kimon.(2011).The role of climate in the spread of modern humans into Europe.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,30(3-4),273-279. |
MLA | Mueller, Ulrich C.,et al."The role of climate in the spread of modern humans into Europe".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 30.3-4(2011):273-279. |
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