Revised stratigraphy and chronology for Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in Indonesia

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dc.contributor.authorSutikna, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorTocheri, Matthew W
dc.contributor.authorMorwood, Michael J
dc.contributor.authorSaptomo, E Wahyu
dc.contributor.authorJatmiko, null
dc.contributor.authorAwe, Rokus Due
dc.contributor.authorWasisto, Sri
dc.contributor.authorWestaway, Kira E
dc.contributor.authorAubert, Maxime
dc.contributor.authorLi, Bo
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Jian-xin
dc.contributor.authorStorey, Michael
dc.contributor.authorAlloway, Brent V
dc.contributor.authorMorley, Mike W
dc.contributor.authorMeijer, Hanneke J M
dc.contributor.authorvan den Bergh, Gerrit D
dc.contributor.authorGrün, Rainer
dc.contributor.authorDosseto, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorBrumm, Adam
dc.contributor.authorJungers, William L
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Richard G
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T05:00:48Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T05:00:48Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-21
dc.description.abstractHomo floresiensis, a primitive hominin species discovered in Late Pleistocene sediments at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia), has generated wide interest and scientific debate. A major reason this taxon is controversial is because the H. floresiensis-bearing deposits, which include associated stone artefacts and remains of other extinct endemic fauna, were dated to between about 95 and 12 thousand calendar years (kyr) ago. These ages suggested that H. floresiensis survived until long after modern humans reached Australia by ~50 kyr ago. Here we report new stratigraphic and chronological evidence from Liang Bua that does not support the ages inferred previously for the H. floresiensis holotype (LB1), ~18 thousand calibrated radiocarbon years before present (kyr cal. BP), or the time of last appearance of this species (about 17 or 13-11 kyr cal. BP). Instead, the skeletal remains of H. floresiensis and the deposits containing them are dated to between about 100 and 60 kyr ago, whereas stone artefacts attributable to this species range from about 190 to 50 kyr in age. Whether H. floresiensis survived after 50 kyr ago--potentially encountering modern humans on Flores or other hominins dispersing through southeast Asia, such as Denisovans--is an open question.en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0028-0836en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/109256
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen_AU
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0770234en_AU
dc.rights© 2016 Macmillan Publishers Limited.en_AU
dc.sourceNatureen_AU
dc.subjectaluminum silicatesen_AU
dc.subjectanimalsen_AU
dc.subjectaustraliaen_AU
dc.subjectcalibrationen_AU
dc.subjectcavesen_AU
dc.subjectgeologic sedimentsen_AU
dc.subjectglassen_AU
dc.subjecthumansen_AU
dc.subjectindonesiaen_AU
dc.subjectpotassium compoundsen_AU
dc.subjectquartzen_AU
dc.subjecttime factorsen_AU
dc.subjectuncertaintyen_AU
dc.subjectarchaeologyen_AU
dc.subjectfossilsen_AU
dc.subjecthominidaeen_AU
dc.subjectradiometric datingen_AU
dc.titleRevised stratigraphy and chronology for Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in Indonesiaen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue7599en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage369en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage366en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationGrün, R., Earth Environment, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailrainer.grun@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu9201753en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume532en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1038/nature17179en_AU
local.identifier.essn1476-4687en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu1005913en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.nature.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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