Neolithic Tibet

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Neolithic Tibet refers to a

Tibet has been inhabited since the Late Paleolithic. Paleolithic inhabitants successfully overcome the extremely harsh climate and environments and made some genetic contribution to the contemporary inhabitants. Excavated microliths on the Tibetan Plateau display mosaic features of both northern Chinese tool culture and the Tibetan Paleoliths ^[1] During the mid-Holocene, Neolithic immigrants from northern China mixed with the original inhabitants, although a degree of genetic continuity with the Paleolithic settlers still exists.^[1]

Migration

There is some genetic continuity between the initial Paleolithic inhabitants and the modern populations on the Tibetan Plateau. Genetic studies suggest that Epipaleolithic and Neolithic immigrants from northern China moved to Tibetan plateau during mid-Holocene.^[1] Various models for how and why the migrations occurred have been proposed, although additional research is necessary to verify the different models.^[2]

Archaeological sites

Evidence of neolithic Tibetan inhabitants and settlements have been found mainly "in river valleys in the south and east of the country".

Sources

• Harmatta, János. History of civilizations of Central Asia, Volume 1 (2005) UNESCO.
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• Madsen, David B.,
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