Quaternary Palaeoecology of East and Southeast Asia and of the Pacific Ocean

摘要: The base for palaeoclimatological considerations is remarkably rich in unproven hypotheses, because the interests focus on relatively easily understandable major problems, but not wealth of involved facts, particularly regarding regional aspects. Further, vegetation reconstruction former ecotones by analysis small-scale modern pollen sedimentation-rates certain types bears serious methodological difficulties. Regarding Late-glacial and Holocene forest immigration processes Tibetan Plateau, steps history their timing are already quite clear, while composition plant associations related basic palaeoecological still poorly understood. Despite existing, most interesting, well-dated work, this similar Upper-Quaternary north-eastern Asia. Like other glacial refuge areas, question, where forest-refuge areas might have been situated how communities composed, remains mostly unanswered. Even more problematic Homo sapiens to Korea some Japanese Islands (at about 40,000–30,000 BP) consequences. Interestingly, island Ryukyu seems settled at 30,000 BP people coming from much farther south, when sea-level was low. man’s settlement SE-Australia surrounding islands 43,100 ± 6,700–34,000 3,900 BP), it unknown, man came from, although abundant data material his impact (particularly Papua New Guinea) available.