Functional Adaptation among early Stone Tool Assemblages in south-eastern Wallacea and north-western Australia

华莱士东南部和澳大利亚西北部早期石器组合的功能适应

• 批准号: 2712609
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2712609
• 关键词: Functional; Adaptation; among; early; Stone

Archaeological and genetic evidence suggests Homo sapiens first spread through island southeast Asia (Wallacea) and reached north-western Australia by 65-50,000 years ago. Theyencountered novel habitats with very different resources from those available in Africa andEurasia. This project examines technological adaptations to these new challenges throughidentifying the function of prehistoric stone tools from three archaeological sites usingmicroscopic analysis of the tool surface. The research will test the hypothesis that novelsubsistence and social functions for stone tools, not seen in other hominin species, were critical inallowing our species to adapt to the divergent environments of these regions.

考古和遗传证据表明，智人首先通过东南亚岛屿（Wallacea）传播，并在65-5万年前到达澳大利亚西北部。他们遇到了新的栖息地，那里的资源与非洲和欧亚大陆截然不同。该项目通过对三个考古遗址的史前石器工具表面进行微观分析，研究了适应这些新挑战的技术。这项研究将验证一个假设，即石器的新生存和社会功能，在其他人类物种中没有发现，是使我们物种适应这些地区不同环境的关键。