Human settlement of the last glaciation on the Tibetan plateau

An archaeological site with 19 handprints and footprints of Homo sapiens and the remnant of a fireplace have been found on hot spring travertine at an elevation of 4200 m on the Tibetan plateau. The prints were pressed on soft travertine by humans. The age of the prints and fireplace is estimated to...

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Main Authors: Li, BS, He, YQ, Zhang, D, Li, SH
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Indian Academy of Sciences. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci 2003
Subjects:
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10722/151247
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spelling ftunivhongkonghu:oai:hub.hku.hk:10722/151247 2023-05-15T16:40:41+02:00 Human settlement of the last glaciation on the Tibetan plateau Li, BS He, YQ Zhang, D Li, SH 2003 http://hdl.handle.net/10722/151247 eng eng Indian Academy of Sciences. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci India Current Science http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-4444367687&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage Current Science, 2003, v. 84 n. 5, p. 701-704 704 82144 0011-3891 5 eid_2-s2.0-4444367687 701 http://hdl.handle.net/10722/151247 84 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. CC-BY-NC-ND Article 2003 ftunivhongkonghu 2023-01-14T15:43:31Z An archaeological site with 19 handprints and footprints of Homo sapiens and the remnant of a fireplace have been found on hot spring travertine at an elevation of 4200 m on the Tibetan plateau. The prints were pressed on soft travertine by humans. The age of the prints and fireplace is estimated to be around 20,000 years using the optically stimulated luminescence method. The result suggests that humans came to the plateau much earlier than was previously thought. This evidence of human settlement implies that the Tibetans occupy high plateau much earlier than the Andeans and the ice sheet did not cover the entire Tibetan plateau during the Last Glacial Maximum. published_or_final_version Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet University of Hong Kong: HKU Scholars Hub
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description An archaeological site with 19 handprints and footprints of Homo sapiens and the remnant of a fireplace have been found on hot spring travertine at an elevation of 4200 m on the Tibetan plateau. The prints were pressed on soft travertine by humans. The age of the prints and fireplace is estimated to be around 20,000 years using the optically stimulated luminescence method. The result suggests that humans came to the plateau much earlier than was previously thought. This evidence of human settlement implies that the Tibetans occupy high plateau much earlier than the Andeans and the ice sheet did not cover the entire Tibetan plateau during the Last Glacial Maximum. published_or_final_version
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author Li, BS
He, YQ
Zhang, D
Li, SH
spellingShingle Li, BS
He, YQ
Zhang, D
Li, SH
Human settlement of the last glaciation on the Tibetan plateau
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He, YQ
Zhang, D
Li, SH
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title Human settlement of the last glaciation on the Tibetan plateau
title_short Human settlement of the last glaciation on the Tibetan plateau
title_full Human settlement of the last glaciation on the Tibetan plateau
title_fullStr Human settlement of the last glaciation on the Tibetan plateau
title_full_unstemmed Human settlement of the last glaciation on the Tibetan plateau
title_sort human settlement of the last glaciation on the tibetan plateau
publisher Indian Academy of Sciences. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci
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