New Late Pleistocene age for the Homo sapiens skeleton from Liujiang southern China.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 Apr 2024
29 Apr 2024
Historique:
received:
16
08
2023
accepted:
12
04
2024
medline:
30
4
2024
pubmed:
30
4
2024
entrez:
29
4
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The emergence of Homo sapiens in Eastern Asia is a topic of significant research interest. However, well-preserved human fossils in secure, dateable contexts in this region are extremely rare, and often the subject of intense debate owing to stratigraphic and geochronological problems. Tongtianyan cave, in Liujiang District of Liuzhou City, southern China is one of the most important fossils finds of H. sapiens, though its age has been debated, with chronometric dates ranging from the late Middle Pleistocene to the early Late Pleistocene. Here we provide new age estimates and revised provenience information for the Liujiang human fossils, which represent one of the most complete fossil skeletons of H. sapiens in China. U-series dating on the human fossils and radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating on the fossil-bearing sediments provided ages ranging from ~33,000 to 23,000 years ago (ka). The revised age estimates correspond with the dates of other human fossils in northern China, at Tianyuan Cave (~40.8-38.1 ka) and Zhoukoudian Upper Cave (39.0-36.3 ka), indicating the geographically widespread presence of H. sapiens across Eastern Asia in the Late Pleistocene, which is significant for better understanding human dispersals and adaptations in the region.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38684677
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47787-3
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-47787-3
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Historical Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
3611Subventions
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
ID : 41977380
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
ID : 41872030
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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