Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Paleolithic Asia

604 Pages·2016·34.76 MB·English

by  Yousuke Kaifu

Emergence and Diversity
of Modern Human Behavior
in Paleolithic Asia
Peopling of the Americas Publications
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Michael R. Waters and Ted Goebel

EMERGENCE AND DIVERSITY
OF MODERN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
IN PALEOLITHIC ASIA
EDITED BY

Yousuke Kaifu, Masami Izuho,
Ted Goebel, Hiroyuki Sato,
Akira Ono
and
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Emergence and diversity of modern human behavior in paleolithic Asia / edited by Yousuke Kaifu,
Masami Izuho, Ted Goebel, Hiroyuki Sato, and Akira Ono.—First edition.
pages cm
“Peopling of the Americas publications.”
“Arising from a 2011 symposium sponsored by the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo,
this book gathers the work of archaeologists from the Pacific Rim of Asia, Australia, and North Amer-
ica, seeking to address the relative lack of attention given to the emergence of modern human behavior
as manifested in Asia during the worldwide dispersal from Africa.”—Data view.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978- 1- 62349- 276- 2 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978- 1- 62349- 277- 9 (e- book) 1. Paleolithic
period—Asia—Congresses. 2. Human evolution—Asia—Congresses. 3. Social evolution—Asia—
Congresses. 4. Asia—Antiquities—Congresses. I. Kaifu, Yosuke, 1969– editor. II. Symposium on the
Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Palaeolithic Asia (2011 : Tokyo, Japan)
GN772.3.A1E54 2014
599.93'8—dc23
2014021325
This book is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Masanari
Nishimura (1965−2013), a distinguished archaeologist,
a speaker for the symposium, and our good friend.

Contents
Preface ix 19 F irst Archaeological Evidence of Symbolic Activities
from the Pleistocene of Vietnam 133
Part I. General Background: Modern Human Nguyen Viet
Behavior in the Paleolithic World
10 R econstructing Late Pleistocene Climates,
11 Some Key Issues in the Emergence and Diversity of
Landscapes, and Human Activities in Northern
“Modern” Human Behavior 3 Borneo from Excavations in the Niah Caves 140
Paul Mellars
Tim Reynolds and Graeme Barker
12 E arly Modern Human Dispersal in Central and 11 Tracking Evidence for Modern Human Behavior in
Eastern Europe 23 Paleolithic Indonesia 158
Jiří Svoboda
Truman Simanjuntak, François Sémah,
13 H uman Migrations and Adaptations in Asia Inferred and Anne- MarieS émah
from Genome Diversity 34 12 H uman Emergence and Adaptation to an Island
Ryosuke Kimura Environment in the Philippine Paleolithic 171
14 M igration and the Origins of Homo sapiens 51 Armand Salvador Mijares
Peter Bellwood 13 D etecting Traits of Modern Behavior through
Microwear Analysis: A Case Study from the
Part II. South Asia
Philippine Terminal Pleistocene 182
15 M odern Human Emergence in South Asia: A Review Alfred F. Pawlik
of the Fossil and Genetic Evidence 61
Sheela Athreya Part IV. Wallacea and Australia
16 A ntiquity of Modern Humans and Behavioral 14 M aritime Migration and Lithic Assemblage on
Modernity in the Indian Subcontinent: Implications the Talaud Islands in Northern Wallacea during
of the Jwalapuram Evidence 80 the Late Pleistocene to the Early Holocene 201
Ravi Korisettar Rintaro Ono, Naoki Nakajima, Hiroe Nishizawa,
Shizuo Oda, and Santoso Soegondho
17 Genes, Stone Tools, and Modern Human Dispersals
15 C rossing the Wallace Line: The Maritime Skills
in the Center of the Old World 94
of the Earliest Colonists in the Wallacean
Parth R. Chauhan, Shantanu Ozarkar,
Archipelago 214
and Shaunak Kulkarni
Sue O’Connor
Part III. Southeast Asia 16 Cultural Diversification and the Global Dispersion of
18 H oabinhians: A Key Population with Which to Debate Homo sapiens: Lessons from Australia 225
the Peopling of Southeast Asia 117 Peter Hiscock
Hirofumi Matsumura, Marc F. Oxenham, and
Nguyen Lan Cuong
vii
Part V. East Asia—Mainland and Taiwan 28 Further Analyses of Hokkaido Jomon
17 Chang- pin Culture of Taiwan and Characteristics of Mitochondrial DNA 406
Its Lithic Industry 239 Noboru Adachi, Ken- ichi Shinoda, and Masami Izuho
Chao-m eiL ien 29 On the Processes of Diversification in Microblade
18 N ew Evidence of Modern Human Behavior in Technocomplexes in Late Glacial Hokkaido 418
Paleolithic Central China 250 Yuichi Nakazawa and Satoru Yamada
Youping Wang
Part VII. Siberia and Mongolia
19 H and Axes in the Imjin River Basin, Korea:
30 The Overland Dispersal of Modern Humans to
Implications for Late Pleistocene
Eastern Asia: An Alternative, Northern Route
Hominin Evolution in East Asia 259
from Africa 437
Seonbok Yi
Ted Goebel
20 The Characteristics of Upper Paleolithic Industries in
31 T he Paleolithic Peopling of Mongolia: An Updated
Korea: Innovation, Continuity, and Interaction 270
Assessment 453
Gikil Lee
Jacques Jaubert
Part VI. East Asia–Japanese Archipelago 32 Middle and Upper Paleolithic Interactions and
21 T he Appearance and Characteristics of the Early the Emergence of “Modern Behavior” in Southern
Upper Paleolithic in the Japanese Archipelago 289 Siberia and Mongolia 470
Masami Izuho and Yousuke Kaifu Evgeny P. Rybin
22 Paleovegetation during Marine Isotope Stage 3 in 33 The Emergence of Modern Behavior in the
East Asia 314 Trans- Baikal, Russia: Timing and Technology 490
Ian Buvit, Karisa Terry, Masami Izuho, and
Hikaru Takahara and Ryoma Hayashi
Mikhail V. Konstantinov
23 Further Study on the Late Pleistocene Megafaunal
Extinction in the Japanese Archipelago 325 Akira 34 Modern Human Response to the Last Glacial
Maximum in Siberia 506
Iwase, Keiichi Takahashi, and Masami Izuho
Kelly E. Graf
24 Pleistocene Seafaring and Colonization of the
Ryukyu Islands, Southwestern Japan 345 Part VIII. Summary and Conclusions
Yousuke Kaifu, Masaki Fujita, Minoru Yoneda,
35 Modern Human Dispersal and Behavior in
and Shinji Yamasaki
Paleolithic Asia: Summary and Discussion 535
25 Maritime Transport of Obsidian in Japan during the Yousuke Kaifu, Masami Izuho, and Ted Goebel
Upper Paleolithic 362
Nobuyuki Ikeya About the Contributors 567
Index 571
26 Appearance of Hakuhen- Sentoki (HS Points)
and Second Modern Human Migration into
Kyushu, Japan 376
A gallery of color photographs follows page 570.
Kazuki Morisaki
27 Trap- Pit Hunting in Late Pleistocene Japan 389
Hiroyuki Sato
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