Sònia Sagristà
MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 China
Event introduction: Human origins are found in Africa, and it was around 1,8 millions years ago that humans started their dispersion out of Africa to settle down in the Eurasian continent. The first Eurasian settlements are placed in Dmanasi (Georgia), being the Homo georgicus the first Eurasian settlers. Afterwards, around 1,2 milions of years ago, some Homo antecessor arrived in the Spanish area of Atapuerca, leading the migration of a new population. This population might be crucial in understanding European early migrations, since a new culture was developed in response to the climatic variations of the time. The meeting focused on some of the most relevant factors – such as climate, topography, biota or socio-cultural environment – regarding Eurasian early migrations. In addition broad range of the most advanced methodologies and their interpretations for the study of human evolution and migrations were likewise discussed.
Key words: Human evolution; Atapuerca site; Homo antecessor; Eurasia peopling
Recieved: Oct.11, 2010 Accepted: Nov.12, 2010 Corresponding: s.sagrista@gmail.com
《现代人类学通讯》第四卷e25篇 第160-162页 2010年12月16日网上发行
学术活动
欧亚大陆最早的人类定居点国际会议
司徒颂雅
复旦大学现代人类学教育部重点实验室,上海200433
活动说明:人类起源于非洲,直到大约180万年前才开始走出非洲,定居欧亚大陆。欧亚大陆最早的定居点是格鲁吉亚的德曼尼西,直立人的近亲格鲁吉亚人是最早的居民。到了120万年前,先驱人来带了西班牙的阿塔坡卡地区,带来了新一批移民浪潮。这一批移民向欧洲的迁徙可能受到了当时气候变迁的影响,他们也带来了各种新的文化。本次会议广泛的探讨了影响欧亚大陆人类迁徙和活动的气候、地形、生物群、社会文化等方方面面因素,并且也讨论了各种研究方法对人类进化和迁徙过程的解读。
关键词:人类进化;阿塔坡卡遗址;先驱人;欧亚大陆移民