2000.09-2003.07：北京大学环境学院（现城市与环境学院）地貌与第四纪环境专业，获理学博士，研究方向：环境变迁与环境考古。导师：崔之久教授、夏正楷教授

1997.09-200009：北京大学城市与环境学系地貌与第四纪环境专业攻读硕士学位，研究方向：环境变迁与环境考古。2000年春转为硕博连读。导师：莫多闻教授

1993.09-1997.07：河北地质学院（现河北地质大学）环境工程系水文地质与工程地质专业，获工学学士 

环境考古

2021.04-：      兰州大学资源与环境学院，教授
2018.06-2021.03:  中国科学院青藏高原研究所，研究员
2006.02-2018.05:  中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所自然环境变化与格局研究室，副研究员、研究员
    2014.08-2015.08:  英国University College London, Leverhulme Trust 客座教授
    2012.03-2013.03:  英国University of Leicester历史文化与考古系，Honorary Visiting Fellow
    2010.09-2010.11:  美国Harvard University人类学系，高级访问学者
    2007.11-2008.07:  美国Smithsonian Institution 国家自然历史博物馆，博士后
2005.05-2006.01:  中国科学院研究生院科技考古系，副教授
2003.07-2005.05:  中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所，博士后
【国际交流】
2013.7-2013.8:    美国The Foundation for Archaeobotanical Research in Microfossils访问学者
2011.10:              英国University of Leicester历史文化与考古系Honorary Visiting Fellow
2011.2-2011.3:    英国University of Leicester历史文化与考古系Honorary Visiting Fellow

本科生课程《地理学前沿与学科交叉讲座》

寒区旱区生物考古国家文物局重点科研基地 主任（2024-）
中国地理学会微体与古环境工作组 组长（2023-）
中国地理学会环境变化与环境考古专业委员会 副主任（2018-2024）
中国考古学会环境考古专业委员会 秘书长（2018-）
Journal of Archaeological Science 编委（2021-）
Quaternary Environments and Humans 编委（2024-）

主要通过考古遗址出土的生物遗存（人、动物、植物、微生物），研究过去人与其所处生态系统的动态关系。先后主持国家重大（第二次青藏高原综合科学考察研究任务）、重点（国家自然科学基金重点项目2项）、国家自然科学基金面上（5项）及国际合作项目等。带领团队通过动物考古、植物考古、古环境DNA、古DNA以及同位素考古开展“农业起源、传播与影响”方面的研究，在粟作和稻作农业的起源和传播、家养动物的高海拔适应、青藏高原农牧业起源等研究领域获得一系列新的认识。在Nature、Nature Ecology & Evolution、Nature Sustainability、PNAS等国内外期刊发表论文百余篇，研究成果获2020年国家自然科学二等奖（第三完成人）。

2020 国家自然科学二等奖（第三完成人）
2020 教育部“长江学者奖励计划”特聘教授
2021 甘肃省领军人才
2024 教育部“享受政府特殊津贴人员”
2024 甘肃省领军拔尖人才

[1]	国家自然科学基金重点项目“家养动物的高海拔适应与青藏高原畜牧业的起源（批准号：42430202）”，负责人，执行年限：2025.1-2029.12，直接经费232万元。
[2]	天佑德基金项目，负责人，执行年限：2025-2035，经费总额750万。
[3]	甘肃省领军拔尖人才项目，负责人，执行年限：2025.1-2027.12，经费总额300万。
[4]	甘肃省科技领军人才项目“沉积物古DNA重建青藏高原早期放牧活动与主要牧草演变”，负责人，执行年限：2025.1-2027.12，经费总额200万。

主要论文 （按发表年代顺序，不包括会议论文，*表示通讯作者，#表示第一作者）
[1]	Linying Wang#, Ting Li#, Qing Wang, Sijia Yuan, Ruxue Liao, Shargan Wangdue, Xiaoyan Yang*. 2025. Ancient DNA reveals the selection strategy of Neolithic humans for raw materials of bone tools at ultra-high altitudes: Taking the bone artifacts unearthed from the Mabu Co site in Tibet as an example. Journal of Archaeological Science 176, 106183.
[2]	Qing Wang#, Jingkun Ran#, Zhengquan Gu, Shungang Chen, Jianglong Guo, Yu Gao, Shalini Sharma, Jishuai Yang, Yongco, Yan Tong, Yucheng Wang*, Xiaoyan Yang*. 2025. Bulk-Bone Shotgun Metagenomic analysis unveils the transport of South Asia fish across the Himalayas in 8th century CE. Journal of Archaeological Science 176, 106157.
[3]	Jishuai Yang#, Linying Wang#, Tinley Tsring, Ting Li, Shungang Chen, Yunzhe Huang, Qi Yang, Qing Wang, Ting You, Yaofei Tian, Shargan Wangdue, Tashi Tsring, Zujun Chen, Songtao Chen, Nihanxue Jia, Guilian Sheng, Yu Gao*, Xiaoyan Yang*. 2024. Early intensive millet-pig agriculture in high-elevation of the Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary science review 345,109048.
[4]	Xiaoyan Yang#*, Yu Gao#, Shargan Wangdue#*, Jingkun Ran#, Qing Wang#, Songtao Chen#, Jishuai Yang#, Tianyi Wang#, Zhengquan Gu, Ying Zhang, Peng Cao, Qingyan Dai, Shungang Chen, Yan Tong, Nihanxue Jia, Qingli Sun, Yunzhe Huang, Linda Perry, Jade d’Alpoim Guedes, Xu Han, Feng Liu, Xiaotian Feng, Qi Yang, Yunming Wang, Shihua Hu, Yaofei Tian, Jianglong Guo, Xinwei Liang, Ting You, Yazhong Li, Yunan Zhang, Zhenhua Deng, Ling Qin, Xiaohong Wu, Yijie Zhuang, Yichen Liu*, Qiaomei Fu*, Fahu Chen*. 2024. Lake-centered sedentary lifestyle of early Tibetan plateau indigenous populations at high elevation 4400 years ago. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8, 2297-2308.
[5]	Yanren Wang#, Qi Yang#, Jishuai Yang, Shalini Sharma, Yunzhe Huang, Wei He, Tinley Tsring*, Shihua Hu, Songtao Chen, Qingli Sun, Ting You, Zhengquan Gu, Yang Tsho, Shargan Wangdue, Zujun Chen, Yu Gao*, Xiaoyan Yang*, Fahu Chen, 2024, The evolution of cropping structure in prehistoric Xizang, Science Bulletin 69, 3959-3967.
[6]	Jishuai Yang, Xiaoyan Yang*, Ting You, Fahu Chen. 2024. The δ15N Values of Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica) and Common Millet (Panicum miliaceum) as reliable indicators of manuring practices. Science China Earth Science 67, 2910–2923.
[7]	Han Xu, Lianfang Feng, Naimeng Zhang, Shihua Hu, Zhengquan Gu*, Xiaozhong Huang*, Xiaoyan Yang*, Fahu Chen. 2024. SedaDNA reveals mid-to late Holocene aquatic plant and algae changes in Luanhaizi Lake on the Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 642,112344. 
[8]	Qingli Sun, Yu Gao, Qi Yang, Jishuai Yang, Yunzhe Huang, Yanren Wang, Yan Tong, Xuke Shen, Zhikun Ma, Xiaoyan Yang*, 2024, Fuel-use strategies at ultrahigh elevations on the Tibetan Plateau since the last deglaciation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 642, 112172.
[9]	Yunan Zhang, Yu Gao, Jishuai Yang, Yanren Wang, Chunxin Wang, Anchuan Fan, Xuke Shen, Yan Tong, Cuo Yong, Zhikun Ma, Zhiyong Ling, Hui Wang, Xiaoyan Yang*, Fahu Chen. 2023. The early milk consumption on the Tibetan Plateau. Science Bulletin 68, 393-396.
[10]	Zhikun Ma, Chi Zhang, Shu Liu, Perry Linda, Xiujia Huan, Yongchao Ma, Zhiwei Wan, Guangming Zhou, Xiaoyan Yang*, 2023. Use-wear traces and plant micro-remain analysis reveal the function of perforated shell tools from the Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan sites in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, China. Journal of Archaeological Science: Report 48, 103852.
[11]	Qingli Sun, Qi Yang, Yu Gao*, Zhengquan Gu, Jishuai Yang, Shuzhi Wang, Zhikun Ma, Yan Tong, Xiaoyan Yang*. 2022. Indica rice spread to the Tibetan Plateau in the 700s CE. Science China Earth Sciences 65, 2297-2307
[12]	Zhao Li, Huw Barton*, Weiwei Wang, Xiaoyan Yang*. 2022. Description of Starch Granules from Edible Acorns (Oak), Palms, and Cycads in Southern China. Frontiers in Earth Science 10, 815351.
[13]	Jishuai Yang#, Dongju Zhang*#, Xiaoyan Yang*#, Weiwei Wang, Linda Perry, Dorian Q. Fuller, Haiming Li, Jian Wang, Lele Ren, Huan Xia, Xuke Shen, Hui Wang, Yishi Yang, Juanting Yao, Yu Gao, Fahu Chen. 2022. Sustainable intensive millet-pig agriculture in North China. Nature Sustainability 5, 780-786. 
[14]	Yunan Zhang, Yu Gao, Jishuai Yang, Yiru Wang, Yanren Wang, Qingli Sun, Songtao Chen, Qing Wang, Jingkun Ran, Wei He, Juzhi Hou, Xiaoyan Yang*. 2022. Patterns in pottery use reveal different adaptive strategies between lower and higher altitude regions on the Tibetan Plateau: Chemical evidence from pottery residues. Journal of Archaeological Science 138, 105544
[15]	Ying Zhang, Guoping Sun, Yonglei Wang, Yunping Huang, Hiroki Kikuchi, Xiaoyan Yang*. 2022. Sustainable Hunting Strategy of Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) in the Neolithic Lower Yangtze River Region, China. Frontiers in Earth Science 9, 812910.
[16]	Yanren Wang, Yu Gao, Jishuai Yang, Yunyao Tan, Wangdue Shargan, Shuai Zhang, Xiaoyan Yang*. 2021. New evidence for early human habitation in Nyingchi Region, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau. The Holocene 31(2), 240-246.
[17]	Yu Gao, Jishuai Yang, Zhikun Ma, Yan Tong, Xiaoyan Yang*. 2021. New evidence from the Qugong site in the Central Tibetan Plateau for the prehistoric Highland Silk Road. The Holocene 31(2), 230-239.
[18]	Yu Gao, Guanghui Dong, Xiaoyan Yang*, Chen F. 2020. A review on the spread of prehistoric agriculture from southern China to mainland southeast Asia. Science China Earth Sciences 63, 615-625
[19]	Zhikun Ma, Linda Perry, Quan Li, Xiaoyan Yang*. 2019. Morphological changes in starch grains after dehusking and grinding with stone tools. Scientific Reports 9, 2355.
[20]	Yongchao Ma, Xiaoyan Yang*, Xiujia Huan, et al. 2018. Multiple indicators of rice remains and the process of rice domestication: a case study in the lower Yangtze River region, China. PLoS One 13, e0208104.
[21]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Qiuhe Chen, Yongchao Ma, Zhao Li, Qianglu Zhang et al., 2018. New radiocarbon and archaeobotanical evidence outline the timing and route of southward dispersal of rice farming in south China. Science Bulletin 63, 1495-1501.
[22]	Xiaoyan Yang, Wenxiang Wu, Linda Perry et al. 2018. Critical role of climate change in plant selection and millet domestication in North China. Scientific Reports 8, e7855.
[23]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Weiwei Wang, Yijie Zhuang et al. 2017. New radiocarbon evidence on early rice consumption and farming in South China. Holocene 27, 1045-1051.
[24]	Naimeng Zhang, Guanghui Dong, Xiaoyan Yang* et al., 2017. Diet reconstructed from an analysis of plant microfossils in human dental calculus from the Bronze Age site of Shilinggang, southwestern China. Journal of Archaeological Science 81, 43-48.
[25]	Zhikun Ma, Chi Zhang, Quan Li, Linda Perry, Xiaoyan Yang*. 2017. Understanding the possible contamination of ancient starch residues by adjacent sediments and modern plants in northern China. Sustainability 9, 752.
[26]	Yongchao Ma, Xiaoyan Yang*, Xiujia Huan et al. 2016. Rice bulliform phytoliths reveal the process of rice domestication in the Neolithic Lower Yangtze River region. Quaternary International 426, 126-132
[27]	Zhikun Ma, Xiaoyan Yang*, Chi Zhang, Yonggang Sun, Xin Jia. 2016. Early millet use in West Liaohe area during early–middle Holocene. Science China Earth Sciences 59, 1554-1561
[28]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Dorian Fuller, Xiujia Huan et al. 2015. Barnyard grasses were processed with rice around 10000 years ago. Scientific Reports 5, 16251.
[29]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Zhikun Ma, Jun Li et al. 2015. Comparing subsistence strategies in different landscapes of North China 10,000 years ago. The Holocene 25, 1957-1964.
[30]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Zhikun Ma, Tao Wang, Linda Perry, Quan Li, Xiujia Huan, Jincheng Yu. 2014. Starch grain evidence reveals early pottery function cooking plant foods in North China. Chinese Science Bulletin 59, 4352-4358
[31]	Zhikun Ma, Quan Li, Xiujia Huan, Xiaoyan Yang*, Maolin Ye, 2014. Direct evidences of plant microremains for function of stone knives at Lajia site in Qinghai. Chinese Science Bulletin 59, 1151-1158.
[32]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Zhikun Ma, Quan Li, et al, 2014. Experiments with Lithic Tools: Understanding Starch Residues from Crop Harvesting. Archaeometry 56, 828-840.
[33]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Huw Barton*, Wan Zhiwei, et al, 2013. Sago-type palms were an important food before rice in southern subtropical China. PLoS ONE 8(5), e63148.
[34]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Linda Perry. 2013. Identification of ancient starch grains from the Tribe Triticeae in North China Plain. Journal of Archaeological Science 40, 3170-3177.
[35]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Zhiwei Wan, Linda Perry, et al. 2012. Early millet use in Northern China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109, 3726-3730
[36]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Jianping Zhang, Linda Perry, et al. 2012. From the modern to the archaeological: starch grains from millets and their relatives. Journal of Archaeological Science 39, 245-257
[37]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Leping Jiang. 2010. Starch grain analysis reveals ancient diet at Kuahuqiao site, Zhejiang Province. Chinese Sci Bull 55: 1150-1156
[38]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Jincheng Yu, Houyuan Lu, et al, 2009. Starch grain analysis reveals function of grinding stone tools at Shangzhai site, Beijing. Sci China Ser D-Earth Sci 52(8): 1164-1171
[39]	Xiaoyang Yang*, Changjiang Liu, Jianping Zhang, et al. 2009. Crop remains from the outer burial pit of the Han Yangling Mausoleum and its significance to the agriculture in the Early Western Han Dynasty. Chinese Sci Bull, 54: 1738-1743.
[40]	Houyuan Lu, Xiaoyan Yang, Maolin Ye, et al. 2005. Millet noodles in late Neolithic China, Nature 437, 967-968.
[41]	Xiaoyan Yang*, Zhengkai Xia, Maolin Ye. 2003. Preliminary study on the prehistoric disasters at Lajia Site, Qinghai Province. Chinese Sci bull 48, 1877-1881.
[42]	杨继帅, 高玉, 王彦人, 陈松涛, 冉景坤, 杨晓燕*. 2024. 古代农作物传播的 “高原之路”. 第四纪研究, 44 (6), 1532-1544.
[43]	孙青丽, 高玉, 杨继帅, 王彦人, 杨棋, 童艳, 谭韵瑶, 夏格旺堆, 杨晓燕*. 2024. 木炭遗存揭示藏东南过去2700年人类生存环境及木材利用策略. 第四纪研究, 44(1): 144-157.
[44]	杨继帅, 杨晓燕*, 游婷, 陈发虎. 2024. 粟和黍的氮稳定同位素比值是反映施粪肥行为的可靠指标. 中国科学(地球科学), 54(9): 2963-2976.
[45]	孙青丽, 杨棋, 高玉*, 顾政权, 杨继帅, 王树芝, 马志坤, 童艳, 杨晓燕*. 2022. 公元8世纪前后籼稻向青藏高原南部的传播. 中国科学: 地球科学, 52 (12) : 1416-2427.
[46]	顾政权, 王昱程, 刘勇勤, 杨晓燕*, 陈发虎. 2020. 古环境DNA与环境考古. 第四纪研究, 40 (2): 295-306
[47]	高玉, 董广辉, 杨晓燕*, 陈发虎. 2020. 史前农业传播：从中国南方向中南半岛. 中国科学: 地球科学, 50: 723-734
[48]	杨晓燕, 李昭, 王维维, 崔勇. 2018. 稻作南传：岭南稻作农业肇始的年代及人类社会的生计模式背景. 文博学刊, (1): 033-047.
[49]	王维维, 马永超, 李昭, 马志坤, 杨晓燕*. 2018. 中国现代块根块茎类植物淀粉粒形态分析. 第四纪研究, 38 (6): 1409-1423
[50]	马志坤, 郇秀佳, 马永超, 李珺, 杨晓燕*. 2018. 古代淀粉遗存反映的新石器中期华北平原北部旱作农业发展状况——以河北阳原姜家梁遗址为例. 第四纪研究, 38 (5): 1313-1324
[51]	杨晓燕. 2017. 中国古代淀粉研究：进展与问题. 第四纪研究, 37: 163-177
[52]	李昭, 赵婧, 李泉, 马志坤, 刘长, 尚杰, 刘长江, 杨晓燕*. 2016. 广东山地丘陵地带狮雄山遗址秦汉时期植物遗存分析. 第四纪研究, 36: 1253-1262
[53]	马志坤, 杨晓燕*, 张弛, 孙永刚, 贾鑫. 2016. 西辽河地区全新世早中期粟类植物利用. 中国科学(D), 46: 918-925
[54]	郇秀佳, 李泉, 马志坤, 蒋乐平, 杨晓燕*. 2014. 浙江浦江上山遗址扇形水稻植硅体所反映的水稻驯化过程. 第四纪研究, 34(1), 106-113.
[55]	马志坤, 杨晓燕*, 李泉, 万智巍, 李明启, 葛全胜. 2012. 石器功能的现代模拟实验: 石刀表面残留物中淀粉粒来源分析. 第四纪研究, 32(2): 247-255.
[56]	杨晓燕. 2012. 淀粉粒分析. 见: 中国社会科学院考古研究所编, 科技考古的方法与应用. 北京: 文物出版社.
[57]	万智巍, 马志坤, 杨晓燕*, 张弛, 周光明, 樊昌生, 葛全胜. 2012. 江西万年仙人洞吊桶环遗址蚌器表面残留物淀粉粒分析及其环境指示. 第四纪研究, 32(2): 256-263.
[58]	万智巍, 杨晓燕*, 李明启, 马志坤, 葛全胜. 2012. 中国常见现代淀粉粒数据库. 第四纪研究, 32(2): 361-362.
[59]	杨晓燕*, 孔昭宸, 刘长江, 葛全胜. 2010. 中国北方粟、黍及其野生近缘植物淀粉粒形态数据分析. 第四纪研究, 30 (2): 355-362
[60]	杨晓燕*, 蒋乐平. 2010. 淀粉粒分析揭示浙江跨湖桥遗址人类的食物构成. 科学通报 55: 596-602
[61]	杨晓燕*, 刘长江, 张健平等. 2009. 汉阳陵外藏坑农作物遗存分析及西汉早期农业. 科学通报 54: 1917-1921.
[62]	杨晓燕*, 郁金城, 吕厚远, 崔天兴, 郭京宁, 刁现民, 孔昭宸, 刘长江, 葛全胜. 2009. 北京平谷上宅遗址磨盘磨棒功能分析:来自淀粉粒的证据. 39 (9): 1266-1273.
[63]	杨晓燕*, 孔昭宸, 刘长江, 张芸, 葛全胜. 2009. 中国北方主要坚果类淀粉粒形态对比. 第四纪研究, 29(1): 153-158
[64]	杨晓燕*, 刘东生. 2008. 欧亚大陆的黄土带与旧石器早期的人类活动. 第四纪研究, 28(6): 978-987
[65]	杨晓燕*, 吕厚远, 夏正楷. 2006. 植物淀粉粒分析在考古学中的应用. 考古与文物(3): 87-91
[66]	杨晓燕*, 夏正楷, 王涛. 2006. 全新世气候变化的尺度及其在环境考古中的应用程度. 东方考古(第三辑), 239-246.
[67]	杨晓燕*, 夏正楷, 刘东生. 2005. 黄土研究与旧石器考古. 第四纪研究, 25(4): 461-466.
[68]	杨晓燕*, 吕厚远, 刘东生, 韩家懋. 2005. 粟黍及狗尾草淀粉粒微形态特征及其在植物考古研究中的潜在意义. 第四纪研究, 25 (2): 224-227
[69]	杨晓燕*, 夏正楷, 崔之久. 2005. 黄河上游全新世洪水及其沉积特征. 第四纪研究, 25(1): 80-85
[70]	杨晓燕*, 夏正楷, 崔之久. 2005. 第四纪科学与环境考古. 地球科学进展, (2): 231-239
[71]	杨晓燕*, 夏正楷, 崔之久. 2005. 环境考古学发展回顾与展望. 北京大学学报(自然科学版), 41(2): 329-334
[72]	杨晓燕*, 夏正楷. 2004. 青海官亭盆地考古遗址堆积形态的环境背景. 地理学报, 59 (3):455-461.
[73]	杨晓燕*, 夏正楷. 2001. 中国环境考古学研究综述. 地球科学进展, 16 (6): 761-767.

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