An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000-63,000 years ago
Genetic evidence for anatomically modern humans (AMH) out of Africa before 75 thousand years ago (ka) and in island southeast Asia (ISEA) before 60 ka (93-61 ka) predates accepted archaeological records of occupation in the region. Claims that AMH arrived in ISEA before 60 ka (ref. 4) have been supp...
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| author | Westaway, KE Louys, J Awe, RD Morwood, MJ Price, GJ Zhao, JX Aubert, M Joannes-Boyau, R Smith, TM Skinner, MM Compton, T Bailey, RM van den Bergh, GD de Vos, J Pike, AWG Stringer, C Saptomo, EW Rizal, Y Zaim, J Santoso, WD Trihascaryo, A Kinsley, L Sulistyanto, B |
| author_facet | Westaway, KE Louys, J Awe, RD Morwood, MJ Price, GJ Zhao, JX Aubert, M Joannes-Boyau, R Smith, TM Skinner, MM Compton, T Bailey, RM van den Bergh, GD de Vos, J Pike, AWG Stringer, C Saptomo, EW Rizal, Y Zaim, J Santoso, WD Trihascaryo, A Kinsley, L Sulistyanto, B |
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| description | Genetic evidence for anatomically modern humans (AMH) out of Africa before 75 thousand years ago (ka) and in island southeast Asia (ISEA) before 60 ka (93-61 ka) predates accepted archaeological records of occupation in the region. Claims that AMH arrived in ISEA before 60 ka (ref. 4) have been supported only by equivocal or non-skeletal evidence. AMH evidence from this period is rare and lacks robust chronologies owing to a lack of direct dating applications, poor preservation and/or excavation strategies and questionable taxonomic identifications. Lida Ajer is a Sumatran Pleistocene cave with a rich rainforest fauna associated with fossil human teeth. The importance of the site is unclear owing to unsupported taxonomic identification of these fossils and uncertainties regarding the age of the deposit, therefore it is rarely considered in models of human dispersal. Here we reinvestigate Lida Ajer to identify the teeth confidently and establish a robust chronology using an integrated dating approach. Using enamel-dentine junction morphology, enamel thickness and comparative morphology, we show that the teeth are unequivocally AMH. Luminescence and uranium-series techniques applied to bone-bearing sediments and speleothems, and coupled uranium-series and electron spin resonance dating of mammalian teeth, place modern humans in Sumatra between 73 and 63 ka. This age is consistent with biostratigraphic estimations, palaeoclimate and sea-level reconstructions, and genetic evidence for a pre-60 ka arrival of AMH into ISEA. Lida Ajer represents, to our knowledge, the earliest evidence of rainforest occupation by AMH, and underscores the importance of reassessing the timing and environmental context of the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:bf63d7e5-151c-4715-b15b-2f5b19253eb82022-03-27T05:47:08ZAn early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000-63,000 years agoJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:bf63d7e5-151c-4715-b15b-2f5b19253eb8EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordSpringer Nature2017Westaway, KELouys, JAwe, RDMorwood, MJPrice, GJZhao, JXAubert, MJoannes-Boyau, RSmith, TMSkinner, MMCompton, TBailey, RMvan den Bergh, GDde Vos, JPike, AWGStringer, CSaptomo, EWRizal, YZaim, JSantoso, WDTrihascaryo, AKinsley, LSulistyanto, BGenetic evidence for anatomically modern humans (AMH) out of Africa before 75 thousand years ago (ka) and in island southeast Asia (ISEA) before 60 ka (93-61 ka) predates accepted archaeological records of occupation in the region. Claims that AMH arrived in ISEA before 60 ka (ref. 4) have been supported only by equivocal or non-skeletal evidence. AMH evidence from this period is rare and lacks robust chronologies owing to a lack of direct dating applications, poor preservation and/or excavation strategies and questionable taxonomic identifications. Lida Ajer is a Sumatran Pleistocene cave with a rich rainforest fauna associated with fossil human teeth. The importance of the site is unclear owing to unsupported taxonomic identification of these fossils and uncertainties regarding the age of the deposit, therefore it is rarely considered in models of human dispersal. Here we reinvestigate Lida Ajer to identify the teeth confidently and establish a robust chronology using an integrated dating approach. Using enamel-dentine junction morphology, enamel thickness and comparative morphology, we show that the teeth are unequivocally AMH. Luminescence and uranium-series techniques applied to bone-bearing sediments and speleothems, and coupled uranium-series and electron spin resonance dating of mammalian teeth, place modern humans in Sumatra between 73 and 63 ka. This age is consistent with biostratigraphic estimations, palaeoclimate and sea-level reconstructions, and genetic evidence for a pre-60 ka arrival of AMH into ISEA. Lida Ajer represents, to our knowledge, the earliest evidence of rainforest occupation by AMH, and underscores the importance of reassessing the timing and environmental context of the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa. |
| spellingShingle | Westaway, KE Louys, J Awe, RD Morwood, MJ Price, GJ Zhao, JX Aubert, M Joannes-Boyau, R Smith, TM Skinner, MM Compton, T Bailey, RM van den Bergh, GD de Vos, J Pike, AWG Stringer, C Saptomo, EW Rizal, Y Zaim, J Santoso, WD Trihascaryo, A Kinsley, L Sulistyanto, B An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000-63,000 years ago |
| title | An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000-63,000 years ago |
| title_full | An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000-63,000 years ago |
| title_fullStr | An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000-63,000 years ago |
| title_full_unstemmed | An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000-63,000 years ago |
| title_short | An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000-63,000 years ago |
| title_sort | early modern human presence in sumatra 73 000 63 000 years ago |
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