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Early presence of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia by 86–68 kyr at Tam Pà Ling, Northern Laos
Nature communications, Vol.14, 3193
13/06/2023
PMID: 37311788
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Abstract
The timing of the first arrival of Homo sapiens in East Asia from Africa and the degree to which they interbred with or replaced local archaic populations is controversial. Previous discoveries from Tam Pà Ling cave (Laos) identified H. sapiens in Southeast Asia by at least 46 kyr. We report on a recently discovered frontal bone (TPL 6) and tibial fragment (TPL 7) found in the deepest layers of TPL. Bayesian modeling of luminescence dating of sediments and U-series and combined U-series-ESR dating of mammalian teeth reveals a depositional sequence spanning ~86 kyr. TPL 6 confirms the presence of H. sapiens by 70 ± 3 kyr, and TPL 7 extends this range to 77 ± 9 kyr, supporting an early dispersal of H. sapiens into Southeast Asia. Geometric morphometric analyses of TPL 6 suggest descent from a gracile immigrant population rather than evolution from or admixture with local archaic populations.
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- Title
- Early presence of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia by 86–68 kyr at Tam Pà Ling, Northern Laos
- Creators
- Sarah E. Freidline - University of Central FloridaKira E. Westaway - Macquarie UniversityRenaud Joannes-Boyau - Southern Cross UniversityPhilippe Duringer - Université de StrasbourgJean-Luc Ponche - Université de StrasbourgMike W. Morley - Flinders UniversityVito C. Hernandez - Flinders UniversityMeghan S. McAllister-Hayward - Flinders UniversityHugh McColl - IT University of CopenhagenClément Zanolli - Université de BordeauxPhilipp Gunz - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyInga Bergmann - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyPhonephanh Sichanthongtip - Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Vientiane, PDR LaosDaovee Sihanam - Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Vientiane, PDR LaosSouliphane Boualaphane - Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Vientiane, PDR LaosThonglith Luangkhoth - Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Vientiane, PDR LaosViengkeo Souksavatdy - Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Vientiane, PDR LaosAnthony Dosseto - University of WollongongQuentin Boesch - Université de StrasbourgElise Patole-Edoumba - La Rochelle UniversitéFrançoise Aubaile - Université Paris Cité (Paris, France)Françoise Crozier - Institute of Research for Development (Montpellier, France)Eric Suzzoni - Spitteurs PanSébastien Frangeul - Spitteurs PanNicolas Bourgon - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyAlexandra Zachwieja - University of Minnesota, DuluthTyler E. Dunn - Oregon Health & Science UniversityAnne-Marie Bacon - Université ParisJean-Jacques Hublin - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyLaura Shackelford - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignFabrice Demeter - Lundbeck Foundation
- Publication Details
- Nature communications, Vol.14, 3193
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group UK
- Identifiers
- 991013124201802368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2023. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article