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DOI	10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.04.007
	The last glacial cycle of the southern Levant: Paleoenvironment and chronology of modern humans
	Frumkin, Amos; Comay, Orr
通讯作者	Frumkin, A (corresponding author)，Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Cave Res Ctr, Inst Earth Sci, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
ISSN	0047-2484
EISSN	1095-8606
出版年	2021
卷号	160
英文摘要	The spectrum of glacial-interglacial environmental shifts in the southern Levant Mediterranean zone is evaluated based upon carbon isotopic records of speleothems from several caves, faunal records of Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic layers in caves, together with additional evidence from the base levels of the region. The studied evidence suggests that food resources were commonly abundant, but some water scarcity and increase in summer rains occurred during MIS 5e, when soils and C3 vegetation were eliminated, causing soil erosion. This was followed by penetration of summer rainfall and lightning storms from the south, and associated C4 vegetation and fires. Faunal resources remained abundant, and humans using the southern Levant corridor enjoyed also a favorable passage through the greening Sahara Desert during MIS 5e, which was crucial for human and faunal dispersion. Qafzeh and Rantis caves' environmental records indicate xeric grassland-type ecosystem with AfroeArabian elements that can be attributed to MIS 5e. As the environmental conditions of MIS 5e were unique, faunal and isotopic records within this region can be used in the future as chronologic markers for MIS 5e. During the last glacial period, conditions became gradually cooler and wetter, and C3 vegetation dominated the Mediterranean zone. Lower temperatures promoted the entry of Palearctic mammals. Fluctuations of speleothem delta C-13 increased during the latest Pleistocene e early Holocene, indicating environmental instability through the deglaciation. Significantly, the delta C-13 records indicate that vegetation did not change from the last glacial period to the Holocene in spite of the observed fluctuations. The extreme environmental event of MIS 5e was not repeated during the Holocene in terms of natural vegetation and fauna. Anthropogenic environmental change, accelerating towards the present, is overriding the natural trend. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Archaeozoology delta C-13 Speleothem MIS 5e Micromammals Paleo-vegetation
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000755074800009
WOS关键词	STABLE-ISOTOPE VARIATIONS ; DEAD-SEA ; LATE PLEISTOCENE ; TEMPERATURE-CHANGE ; MEDITERRANEAN SEA ; ATMOSPHERIC CO2 ; BURIAL SITE ; AMUD CAVE ; SPELEOTHEMS ; PALEOCLIMATE
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/375850
作者单位	[Frumkin, Amos] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Cave Res Ctr, Inst Earth Sci, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel; [Comay, Orr] Tel Aviv Univ, Sch Zool, IL-6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel; [Comay, Orr] Tel Aviv Univ, Steinhardt Museum Nat Hist, IL-6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel; [Comay, Orr] German Ctr Integrat Biodivers Res iDiv, Dept Ecosyst Serv, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany; [Comay, Orr] UFZ Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Frumkin, Amos,Comay, Orr. The last glacial cycle of the southern Levant: Paleoenvironment and chronology of modern humans[J],2021,160.
APA	Frumkin, Amos,&Comay, Orr.(2021).The last glacial cycle of the southern Levant: Paleoenvironment and chronology of modern humans.JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION,160.
MLA	Frumkin, Amos,et al."The last glacial cycle of the southern Levant: Paleoenvironment and chronology of modern humans".JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION 160(2021).