Paleoenvironmental conditions at Madigou (MDG), a newly discovered Early Paleolithic site in the Nihewan Basin, North China

Paleoenvironmental reconstructions provide the context for human evolution and behavior. However, it is difficult to resolve relative proportions of specific habitats at a given place and time, how these may have changed over time, and the explicit nature of particular habitats for human adaptation. This paper examines the paleoenvironmental context of Early Pleistocene archaeological occurrences at Madigou (Hebei Province, North China), but with particular emphasis on the setting for early stone tool makers