A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos

Fabrice Demeter; Clément Zanolli; Kira E Westaway; Renaud Joannes-Boyau; Philippe Duringer; Mike W. Morley; Frido Welker; Patrick L Rüther; Matthew Skinner; Hugh Mccoll; Charleen Gaunitz; Lasse Vinner; Tyler E. Dunn; Jesper Velgaard Olsen; Martin Sikora; Jean-Luc Ponche; Eric Suzzoni; Sébastien Frangeul; Quentin Boesch; Pierre-Olivier Antoine; Lei Pan; Song Xing; Jian-Xin Zhao; Richard M Bailey; Souliphane Boualaphane; Phonephanh Sichanthongtip; Daovee Sihanam; Elise Patole-Edoumba; Françoise Aubaile-Sallenave; Françoise Crozier; Nicolas Bourgon; Alexandra Zachwieja; Thonglith Luangkhoth; Viengkeo Souksavatdy; Thongsa Sayavongkhamdy; Enrico Cappellini; Anne-Marie Bacon; Jean-Jacques Hublin; Eske Willerslev; Laura Shackelford

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A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos

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A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos

Fabrice Demeter, Clément Zanolli, Kira E Westaway, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Philippe Duringer, Mike W. Morley, Frido Welker, Patrick L Rüther, Matthew Skinner, Hugh Mccoll, …

Nature Communications, Vol.13

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29923-z

Abstract

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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Title: A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos
Creators - without role: Fabrice Demeter - Lundbeck Foundation
Clément Zanolli - Université de Bordeaux
Kira E Westaway - Macquarie University
Renaud Joannes-Boyau - Southern Cross University
Philippe Duringer - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Mike W. Morley - Flinders University
Frido Welker - University of Copenhagen
Patrick L Rüther - Novo Nordisk Foundation
Matthew Skinner - University of Kent
Hugh Mccoll - Lundbeck Foundation
Charleen Gaunitz - Lundbeck Foundation
Lasse Vinner - Lundbeck Foundation
Tyler E. Dunn - Creighton University
Jesper Velgaard Olsen - Novo Nordisk Foundation
Martin Sikora - Lundbeck Foundation
Jean-Luc Ponche - Laboratoire Image, Ville, Environnement
Eric Suzzoni - Auteur indépendant
Sébastien Frangeul - Auteur indépendant
Quentin Boesch - Université de Strasbourg
Pierre-Olivier Antoine - Université de Montpellier, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution - Montpellier - ISEM
Lei Pan - Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Song Xing - Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Jian-Xin Zhao - University of Queensland
Richard M Bailey - University of Oxford
Souliphane Boualaphane - Auteur indépendant
Phonephanh Sichanthongtip - Auteur indépendant
Daovee Sihanam - Auteur indépendant
Elise Patole-Edoumba - La Rochelle Université
Françoise Aubaile-Sallenave - Éco-Anthropologie
Françoise Crozier - Université de Montpellier, Diversité, Adaptation et Développement des plantes - DIADE
Nicolas Bourgon - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Alexandra Zachwieja - University of Minnesota, Duluth
Thonglith Luangkhoth - Auteur indépendant
Viengkeo Souksavatdy - Auteur indépendant
Thongsa Sayavongkhamdy - Auteur indépendant
Enrico Cappellini - University of Copenhagen
Anne-Marie Bacon - Biologie, Anthropologie, Biométrie, Epigénétique, Lignées : De la diversité des populations à l'individu, de l'identification à l'identité
Jean-Jacques Hublin - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Eske Willerslev - University of Cambridge
Laura Shackelford - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Publication Details: Nature Communications, Vol.13
Grant note: This research has been funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship award (FT180100309) (M.W.M.), the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery grant (DP170101597) (K.E.W.), and the Australian Research Council (ARC) LEF Grant (LE200100022) (R.J-B.), the Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship (no. 795569) (F.W.). Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network (ETN), the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (no. 948365) (F.W.), the VILLUM FONDEN (no. 17649) (E.C.). European Union’s Framework Program for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 (no. 819960) (M.M.S.), the Novo Nordisk Foundation (grant number NNF14CC0001) (P.L.R.), the National Geographic Society (NGS-399R-18) (L.S.), the MNHN/Université Paris Diderot/Sorbonne Paris Cité, France (F.D.), the CNRS/Université de Paris, France; Université de Strasbourg, France (A.M.B.). Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany (A.M.B.) and the Sodipram company (La Compagnie du Lit), France (F.D.).
Identifiers: 9933989909311
Academic Unit: Diversité, Adaptation et Développement des plantes - DIADE; Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution - Montpellier - ISEM
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: insu-03824801