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| Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia |
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| Author(s): Morwood MJ, Soejono RP, Roberts RG, Sutikna T, Turney CSM, Westaway KE, Rink WJ, Zhao JX, van den Bergh GD, Due RA, Hobbs DR, Moore MW, Bird MI, Fifield LK |
| Source: NATURE Volume: 431 Issue: 7012 Pages: 1087-1091 Published: OCT 28 2004 |
| Times Cited: 107 References: 21 |
| Abstract: Excavations at Liang Bua, a large limestone cave on the island of Flores in eastern Indonesia, have yielded evidence for a population of tiny hominins, sufficiently distinct anatomically to be assigned to a new species, Homo floresiensis(1). The finds comprise the cranial and some post-cranial remains of one individual, as well as a premolar from another individual in older deposits. Here we describe their context, implications and the remaining archaeological uncertainties. Dating by radiocarbon (C-14), luminescence, uranium-series and electron spin resonance (ESR) methods indicates that H. floresiensis existed from before 38,000 years ago (kyr) until at least 18 kyr. Associated deposits contain stone artefacts and animal remains, including Komodo dragon and an endemic, dwarfed species of Stegodon. H. floresiensis originated from an early dispersal of Homo erectus ( including specimens referred to as Homo ergaster and Homo georgicus)(1) that reached Flores, and then survived on this island refuge until relatively recently. It overlapped significantly in time with Homo sapiens in the region(2,3), but we do not know if or how the two species interacted. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Morwood, MJ (reprint author), Univ New England, Sch Human & Environm Studies, Armidale, NSW 2351 Australia |
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1. Univ New England, Sch Human & Environm Studies, Armidale, NSW 2351 Australia
2. Indonesian Ctr Archaeol, Jakarta 12001, Indonesia
3. Univ Wollongong, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, GeoQuEST Res Ctr, Wollongong, NSW 2522 Australia
4. McMaster Univ, Sch Geog & Geol, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 Canada
5. Univ Queensland, ACQUIRE, Brisbane, Qld 4072 Australia
6. Netherlands Inst Sea Res, NL-1790 AB Den Burg, Texel Netherlands
7. Univ St Andrews, Sch Geog & Geosci, St Andrews KY16 9AL, Fife Scotland
8. Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Phys Sci & Engn, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia |
| Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND |
| Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| IDS Number: 865VB |
| ISSN: 0028-0836 |
| DOI: 10.1038/nature02956 |
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