New excavations from Shuidonggou show initial appearance of the late Paleolithic in Northern China

Monday, August 20, 2012 - 07:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Many behavioral and technological innovations appear in the archaeological record of Eurasia between about 45,000 and 24,000 years ago. This period has been termed the "initial Upper Paleolithic" and is largely associated with movements of modern humans into that part of the world and/or the complex interplay between population movements and environmental, demographic and cultural influences.

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