TY - JOUR
T1 - A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos
AU - Demeter, Fabrice
AU - Zanolli, Clément
AU - Westaway, Kira E.
AU - Joannes-Boyau, Renaud
AU - Duringer, Philippe
AU - Morley, Mike W.
AU - Welker, Frido
AU - Rüther, Patrick L.
AU - Skinner, Matthew M.
AU - McColl, Hugh
AU - Gaunitz, Charleen
AU - Vinner, Lasse
AU - Dunn, Tyler E.
AU - Olsen, Jesper V.
AU - Sikora, Martin
AU - Ponche, Jean Luc
AU - Suzzoni, Eric
AU - Frangeul, Sébastien
AU - Boesch, Quentin
AU - Antoine, Pierre Olivier
AU - Pan, Lei
AU - Xing, Song
AU - Zhao, Jian Xin
AU - Bailey, Richard M.
AU - Boualaphane, Souliphane
AU - Sichanthongtip, Phonephanh
AU - Sihanam, Daovee
AU - Patole-Edoumba, Elise
AU - Aubaile, Françoise
AU - Crozier, Françoise
AU - Bourgon, Nicolas
AU - Zachwieja, Alexandra
AU - Luangkhoth, Thonglith
AU - Souksavatdy, Viengkeo
AU - Sayavongkhamdy, Thongsa
AU - Cappellini, Enrico
AU - Bacon, Anne Marie
AU - Hublin, Jean Jacques
AU - Willerslev, Eske
AU - Shackelford, Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - The Pleistocene presence of the genus Homo in continental Southeast Asia is primarily evidenced by a sparse stone tool record and rare human remains. Here we report a Middle Pleistocene hominin specimen from Laos, with the discovery of a molar from the Tam Ngu Hao 2 (Cobra Cave) limestone cave in the Annamite Mountains. The age of the fossil-bearing breccia ranges between 164–131 kyr, based on the Bayesian modelling of luminescence dating of the sedimentary matrix from which it was recovered, U-series dating of an overlying flowstone, and U-series–ESR dating of associated faunal teeth. Analyses of the internal structure of the molar in tandem with palaeoproteomic analyses of the enamel indicate that the tooth derives from a young, likely female, Homo individual. The close morphological affinities with the Xiahe specimen from China indicate that they belong to the same taxon and that Tam Ngu Hao 2 most likely represents a Denisovan.
AB - The Pleistocene presence of the genus Homo in continental Southeast Asia is primarily evidenced by a sparse stone tool record and rare human remains. Here we report a Middle Pleistocene hominin specimen from Laos, with the discovery of a molar from the Tam Ngu Hao 2 (Cobra Cave) limestone cave in the Annamite Mountains. The age of the fossil-bearing breccia ranges between 164–131 kyr, based on the Bayesian modelling of luminescence dating of the sedimentary matrix from which it was recovered, U-series dating of an overlying flowstone, and U-series–ESR dating of associated faunal teeth. Analyses of the internal structure of the molar in tandem with palaeoproteomic analyses of the enamel indicate that the tooth derives from a young, likely female, Homo individual. The close morphological affinities with the Xiahe specimen from China indicate that they belong to the same taxon and that Tam Ngu Hao 2 most likely represents a Denisovan.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41467-022-29923-z
DO - 10.1038/s41467-022-29923-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 35581187
AN - SCOPUS:85130174839
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 13
JO - Nature communications
JF - Nature communications
IS - 1
M1 - 2557
ER -