Way out of Africa: Early Pleistocene paleoenvironments inhabited by Homo erectus in Sangiran, Java

E. Arthur Bettis III; Adrianne K Milius; Scott J Carpenter; Roy Larick; Yahdi Zaim; Yan Rizal; Russell L Ciochon; Stephanie A Tassier-Surine; Daniel Murray; Suminto; Sutinko Bronto

doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.09.003

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Way out of Africa: Early Pleistocene paleoenvironments inhabited by Homo erectus in Sangiran, Java

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Way out of Africa: Early Pleistocene paleoenvironments inhabited by Homo erectus in Sangiran, Java

E. Arthur Bettis III, Adrianne K Milius, Scott J Carpenter, Roy Larick, Yahdi Zaim, Yan Rizal, Russell L Ciochon, Stephanie A Tassier-Surine, Daniel Murray, Suminto, …

Journal of human evolution, Vol.56(1), pp.11-24

2009

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.09.003

PMID: 19007966

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Abstract

A sequence of paleosols in the Solo Basin, Central Java, Indonesia, documents the local and regional environments present when Homo erectus spread through Southeast Asia during the early Pleistocene. The earliest human immigrants encountered a low-relief lake-margin landscape dominated by moist grasslands with open woodlands in the driest landscape positions. By 1.5 Ma, large streams filled the lake and the landscape became more riverine in nature, with riparian forests, savanna, and open woodland. Paleosol morphology and carbon isotope values of soil organic matter and pedogenic carbonates indicate a long-term shift toward regional drying or increased duration of the annual dry season through the early Pleistocene. This suggests that an annual dry season associated with monsoon conditions was an important aspect of the paleoclimate in which early humans spread from Africa to Southeast Asia.

Indonesia

Paleoecology

Carbon isotopes

Hominin evolution

Paleosols

Sunda

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Title: Subtitle: Way out of Africa: Early Pleistocene paleoenvironments inhabited by Homo erectus in Sangiran, Java
Creators: E. Arthur Bettis III - University of Iowa, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Adrianne K Milius - University of Iowa
Scott J Carpenter - University of Iowa
Roy Larick - University of Iowa, Anthropology
Yahdi Zaim - University of Iowa
Yan Rizal - University of Iowa
Russell L Ciochon - University of Iowa, Anthropology
Stephanie A Tassier-Surine - University of Iowa, IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering
Daniel Murray - University of Iowa
Suminto - University of Iowa
Sutinko Bronto - Quaternary Geology Laboratory, Geological Research and Development Center, Bandung, Indonesia
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of human evolution, Vol.56(1), pp.11-24
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.09.003
PMID: 19007966
NLM abbreviation: J Hum Evol
ISSN: 0047-2484
eISSN: 1095-8606
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Language: English
Date published: 2009
Academic Unit: Anthropology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering
Record Identifier: 9983557294702771

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