Sediment ancient DNA is biological ancient DNA scattered in Paleoenvironmental samples, which is different from ancient DNA directly extracted from ancient animal bones and plant remains. Paleoenvironmental DNA is mainly mixed with multi species ancient DNA extracted from environmental samples such as glaciers, frozen soil, lake sediments, peat sediments, site cultural layer, dental calculus and fecal fossils. These DNA enter the environment with biological residues (including remains, hair, feces and urine), degrade rapidly and denature slowly in the environment, and finally adsorb on minerals and other particles or integrate into their own genome by microorganisms for long-term preservation, thus forming paleoenvironmental DNA. Sediment DNA is a new ancient DNA analysis technology. The sediments of archaeological sites can track the DNA preservation status of relevant sites and possible humans, make up for the shortcomings that human fossils are generally available but not available, greatly expand the research object and open a new window to study the population evolution of Paleolithic archaeological sites. The ancient DNA of stratum sediments from baishiya karst cave site where Xiahe human mandible was found was systematically sampled and analyzed.
ZHANG Dongju , FU Qiaomei
The alpine and anoxic environment of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau is a major challenge for human survival and life. When human beings boarded the Qinghai Tibet Plateau and adapted to the extreme environment of the plateau has always been a hot issue in the academic circles. At present, in the study of prehistoric culture of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, except the northeast, most areas of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau have not established archaeological cultural sequences. Yajiang river basin is one of the areas with dense distribution of human activity relics, but there are few archaeological excavations and studies, and the activity history of the ancients in this area is not clear. Based on the systematic dating of cultural archaeological sites in Linzhi Area, Southeast Tibet, 33 carbon fourteenth age data were obtained.
YANG Xiaoyan, WANG Yanren
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