Age and context of the oldest known hominin fossils from Flores
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Brumm, Adam; van den Bergh, Gerrit D; Storey, Michael; Kurniawan, Iwan; Alloway, Brent V; Setiawan, Ruly; Setiyabudi, Erick; Grün, Rainer; Moore, Mark W; Yurnaldi, Dida; Puspaningrum, Mika R; Wibowo, Unggul P; Insani, Halmi; Sutisna, Indra; Westgate, John A; Pearce, Nick J G; Duval, Mathieu; Meijer, Hanneke J M; Aziz, Fachroel; Sutikna, Thomas; van der Kaars, Sander; Flude, Stephanie; Morwood, Michael J
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Recent excavations at the early Middle Pleistocene site of Mata Menge in the So'a Basin of central Flores, Indonesia, have yielded hominin fossils attributed to a population ancestral to Late Pleistocene Homo floresiensis. Here we describe the age and context of the Mata Menge hominin specimens and associated archaeological findings. The fluvial sandstone layer from which the in situ fossils were excavated in 2014 was deposited in a small valley stream around 700 thousand years ago, as...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Brumm, Adam | |
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dc.contributor.author | van den Bergh, Gerrit D | |
dc.contributor.author | Storey, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Kurniawan, Iwan | |
dc.contributor.author | Alloway, Brent V | |
dc.contributor.author | Setiawan, Ruly | |
dc.contributor.author | Setiyabudi, Erick | |
dc.contributor.author | Grün, Rainer | |
dc.contributor.author | Moore, Mark W | |
dc.contributor.author | Yurnaldi, Dida | |
dc.contributor.author | Puspaningrum, Mika R | |
dc.contributor.author | Wibowo, Unggul P | |
dc.contributor.author | Insani, Halmi | |
dc.contributor.author | Sutisna, Indra | |
dc.contributor.author | Westgate, John A | |
dc.contributor.author | Pearce, Nick J G | |
dc.contributor.author | Duval, Mathieu | |
dc.contributor.author | Meijer, Hanneke J M | |
dc.contributor.author | Aziz, Fachroel | |
dc.contributor.author | Sutikna, Thomas | |
dc.contributor.author | van der Kaars, Sander | |
dc.contributor.author | Flude, Stephanie | |
dc.contributor.author | Morwood, Michael J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-26T06:11:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-26T06:11:59Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0028-0836 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/107325 | |
dc.description.abstract | Recent excavations at the early Middle Pleistocene site of Mata Menge in the So'a Basin of central Flores, Indonesia, have yielded hominin fossils attributed to a population ancestral to Late Pleistocene Homo floresiensis. Here we describe the age and context of the Mata Menge hominin specimens and associated archaeological findings. The fluvial sandstone layer from which the in situ fossils were excavated in 2014 was deposited in a small valley stream around 700 thousand years ago, as indicated by (40)Ar/(39)Ar and fission track dates on stratigraphically bracketing volcanic ash and pyroclastic density current deposits, in combination with coupled uranium-series and electron spin resonance dating of fossil teeth. Palaeoenvironmental data indicate a relatively dry climate in the So'a Basin during the early Middle Pleistocene, while various lines of evidence suggest the hominins inhabited a savannah-like open grassland habitat with a wetland component. The hominin fossils occur alongside the remains of an insular fauna and a simple stone technology that is markedly similar to that associated with Late Pleistocene H. floresiensis. | |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | |
dc.rights | © 2016 Macmillan Publishers Limited | |
dc.source | Nature | |
dc.subject | animals | |
dc.subject | argon | |
dc.subject | climate | |
dc.subject | electron spin resonance spectroscopy | |
dc.subject | grassland | |
dc.subject | history, ancient | |
dc.subject | indonesia | |
dc.subject | radioisotopes | |
dc.subject | tool use behavior | |
dc.subject | tooth | |
dc.subject | volcanic eruptions | |
dc.subject | wetlands | |
dc.subject | archaeology | |
dc.subject | environment | |
dc.subject | fossils | |
dc.subject | hominidae | |
dc.subject | radiometric dating | |
dc.title | Age and context of the oldest known hominin fossils from Flores | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 534 | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-06-09 | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | U3488905xPUB19765 | |
local.publisher.url | http://www.nature.com/index.html | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Grün, R., Earth Environment, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.identifier.essn | 1476-4687 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 7606 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 249 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 253 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1038/nature17663 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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