TY - JOUR
T1 - Early presence of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia by 86–68 kyr at Tam Pà Ling, Northern Laos
AU - Freidline, Sarah E.
AU - Westaway, Kira E.
AU - Joannes-Boyau, Renaud
AU - Duringer, Philippe
AU - Ponche, Jean-Luc
AU - Morley, Mike W.
AU - Hernandez, Vito C.
AU - McAllister-Hayward, Meghan S.
AU - McColl, Hugh
AU - Zanolli, Clément
AU - Gunz, Philipp
AU - Bergmann, Inga
AU - Sichanthongtip, Phonephanh
AU - Sihanam, Daovee
AU - Boualaphane, Souliphane
AU - Luangkhoth, Thonglith
AU - Souksavatdy, Viengkeo
AU - Dosseto, Anthony
AU - Boesch, Quentin
AU - Patole-Edoumba, Elise
AU - Aubaile, Françoise
AU - Crozier, Françoise
AU - Suzzoni, Eric
AU - Frangeul, Sébastien
AU - Bourgon, Nicolas
AU - Zachwieja, Alexandra
AU - Dunn, Tyler E.
AU - Bacon, Anne-Marie
AU - Hublin, Jean-Jacques
AU - Shackelford, Laura
AU - Demeter, Fabrice
PY - 2023/6/13
Y1 - 2023/6/13
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Archaeology
KW - Biological anthropology
KW - Bone
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85161904886&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/FT180100309
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-023-38715-y
DO - 10.1038/s41467-023-38715-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 37311788
AN - SCOPUS:85161904886
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 14
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
M1 - 3193
ER -