Research Interests:

Paleolithic technology analysis, Quaternary luminescence chronology. By combining the characteristics of stone tool technology with optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and paleoenvironmental changes, I aim to explore the characteristics of early human and modern human evolution, migration, communication, and cultural behavior in East Asia, especially the characteristics of the Middle and Late Paleolithic cultures and the evolutionary migration activities of ancient humans in Southwest China during the Middle and Late Pleistocene.

Professional Fields:

Paleolithic Archaeology, Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) Dating.

Publications:

1. Hu, Y, Marwick, B, Zhang, J-F, et al. Late Middle Pleistocene Levallois stone-tool technology in southwest China. Nature. 2019; 565(7737): 82-5.

2. Hu, Y, Ruan, Q, Liu, J, et al. Luminescence chronology and lithic technology of Tianhuadong Cave, an early Upper Pleistocene Paleolithic site in southwest China. Quat Res (USA). 2019; 94: 121-36.

3. Hu, Y, Marwick, B, Zhang, J-F, et al. Robust technological readings identify integrated structures typical of the Levallois concept in Guanyindong Cave, south China. National Science Review. 2019; 6(6): 1096-9.

4. Hu, Y, Li, B, Jacobs, Z. Single-Grain Quartz OSL Characteristics: Testing for Correlations within and between Sites in Asia, Europe and Africa. Methods and protocols. 2019; 3(1).