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 M Skinner; Hugh McColl; Charleen Gaunitz; Lasse Vinner; Tyler E. Dunn; Jesper V. 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; Françoise Crozier; Nicolas Bourgon; Alexandra Zachwieja; Thonglith Luangkhoth; Viengkeo Souksavatdy; Thongsa Sayavongkhamdy; Enrico Cappellini; Anne-Marie Bacon; Jean-Jacques Hublin; Eske Willerslev; Laura Shackelford

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29923-z

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 M Skinner, Hugh McColl, Charleen Gaunitz, Lasse Vinner, Tyler E. Dunn, Jesper V. Olsen, Martin Sikora, Jean-Luc Ponche, Eric Suzzoni, Sébastien Frangeul, Quentin Boesch, Pierre-Olivier AntoineLei Pan, Song Xing, Jian-Xin Zhao, Richard M. Bailey, Souliphane Boualaphane, Phonephanh Sichanthongtip, Daovee Sihanam, Elise Patole-Edoumba, Françoise Aubaile, 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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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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Artikelnummer	2557
Tidsskrift	Nature Communications
Vol/bind	13
Antal sider	17
ISSN	2041-1723
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29923-z
Status	Udgivet - 2022

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Demeter, F., Zanolli, C., Westaway, K. E., Joannes-Boyau, R., Duringer, P., Morley, M. W., Welker, F., Rüther, P. L., Skinner, M. M., McColl, H., Gaunitz, C., Vinner, L., Dunn, T. E., Olsen, J. V., Sikora, M., Ponche, J-L., Suzzoni, E., Frangeul, S., Boesch, Q., ... Shackelford, L. (2022). A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos. Nature Communications, 13, [2557]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29923-z

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

I: Nature Communications, Bind 13, 2557, 2022.

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Demeter, F, Zanolli, C, Westaway, KE, Joannes-Boyau, R, Duringer, P, Morley, MW, Welker, F, Rüther, PL, Skinner, MM, McColl, H , Gaunitz, C , Vinner, L, Dunn, TE, Olsen, JV , Sikora, M, Ponche, J-L, Suzzoni, E, Frangeul, S, Boesch, Q, Antoine, P-O, Pan, L, Xing, S, Zhao, J-X, Bailey, RM, Boualaphane, S, Sichanthongtip, P, Sihanam, D, Patole-Edoumba, E, Aubaile, F, Crozier, F, Bourgon, N, Zachwieja, A, Luangkhoth, T, Souksavatdy, V, Sayavongkhamdy, T, Cappellini, E, Bacon, A-M, Hublin, J-J, Willerslev, E & Shackelford, L 2022, 'A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos', Nature Communications, bind 13, 2557. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29923-z

Demeter, Fabrice ; Zanolli, Clément ; Westaway, Kira E ; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud ; Duringer, Philippe ; Morley, Mike W ; Welker, Frido ; Rüther, Patrick L. ; Skinner, Matthew M ; McColl, Hugh ; Gaunitz, Charleen ; Vinner, Lasse ; Dunn, Tyler E. ; Olsen, Jesper V. ; Sikora, Martin ; Ponche, Jean-Luc ; Suzzoni, Eric ; Frangeul, Sébastien ; Boesch, Quentin ; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier ; Pan, Lei ; Xing, Song ; Zhao, Jian-Xin ; Bailey, Richard M. ; Boualaphane, Souliphane ; Sichanthongtip, Phonephanh ; Sihanam, Daovee ; Patole-Edoumba, Elise ; Aubaile, Françoise ; Crozier, Françoise ; Bourgon, Nicolas ; Zachwieja, Alexandra ; Luangkhoth, Thonglith ; Souksavatdy, Viengkeo ; Sayavongkhamdy, Thongsa ; Cappellini, Enrico ; Bacon, Anne-Marie ; Hublin, Jean-Jacques ; Willerslev, Eske ; Shackelford, Laura. / A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos. I: Nature Communications. 2022 ; Bind 13.

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