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| Title |
Human Adaptation and Plant Use in Highland New Guinea 49,000 to 44,000 Years Ago
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Science, October 2010
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.1193130 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Glenn R. Summerhayes, Matthew Leavesley, Andrew Fairbairn, Herman Mandui, Judith Field, Anne Ford, Richard Fullagar |
| Abstract |
After their emergence by 200,000 years before the present in Africa, modern humans colonized the globe, reaching Australia and New Guinea by 40,000 to 50,000 years ago. Understanding how humans lived and adapted to the range of environments in these areas has been difficult because well-preserved settlements are scarce. Data from the New Guinea Highlands (at an elevation of ~2000 meters) demonstrate the exploitation of the endemic nut Pandanus and yams in archaeological sites dated to 49,000 to 36,000 years ago, which are among the oldest human sites in this region. The sites also contain stone tools thought to be used to remove trees, which suggests that the early inhabitants cleared forest patches to promote the growth of useful plants. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Australia | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 226 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 3% |
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 1% |
| Unknown | 206 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 52 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 51 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 10% |
| Other | 18 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 7% |
| Other | 47 | 21% |
| Unknown | 20 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 50 | 22% |
| Arts and Humanities | 48 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 39 | 17% |
| Environmental Science | 14 | 6% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 29 | 13% |
| Unknown | 32 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 41. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 March 2024.
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#2,557
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#56
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