Combustion at the late Early Pleistocene site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Murcia, Spain)
Combustion at the late Early Pleistocene site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Murcia, Spain)
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Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar 早更新世晚期遗址的燃烧（西班牙穆尔西亚）
作者：
M. Walker;D. Anesin;D. E. Angelucci;A. Avilés;F. Berna;A. Buitrago;Y. Fernández;M. Haber;A. López;M. López‐Martínez;I. Martín;J. Ortega;J. Polo;S. Rhodes;D. Richter;T. Rodríguez;J. Schwenninger;A. Skinner
摘要控制火是人类认知发展的一个标志，也是在较冷纬度殖民的一项重要技术。在欧洲，最早的证据来自西班牙东南部的Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar遗址。从一个80万年前的沉积存款中发现了烧焦和煅烧的骨头和热蚀变的燧石。综合分析表明，这些被加热到400-600°C，与燃烧相容。对沉积物和羟基磷灰石的检查也表明骨的燃烧和降解。这些结果为旧石器时代早期火的使用及其对人类进化的意义提供了新的见解。
Abstract Control of fire was a hallmark of developing human cognition and an essential technology for the colonisation of cooler latitudes. In Europe, the earliest evidence comes from recent work at the site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar in south-eastern Spain. Charred and calcined bone and thermally altered chert were recovered from a deep, 0.8-million-year-old sedimentary deposit. A combination of analyses indicated that these had been heated to 400–600°C, compatible with burning. Inspection of the sediment and hydroxyapatite also suggests combustion and degradation of the bone. The results provide new insight into Early Palaeolithic use of fire and its significance for human evolution.