Palaeoenvironments and hominin evolutionary dynamics in southeast Asia

Anne-Marie Bacon; Nicolas Bourgon; Elise Dufour; Fabrice Demeter; Clément Zanolli; Kira E. Westaway; Renaud Joannes-Boyau; Philippe Duringer; Jean-Luc Ponche; Mike W. Morley; Eric Suzzoni; Sébastien Frangeul; Quentin Boesch; Pierre Olivier Antoine; Souliphane Boualaphane; Phonephanh Sichanthongtip; Daovee Sihanam; Nguyen Thi Mai Huong; Nguyen Anh Tuan; Denis Fiorillo; Olivier Tombret; Elise Patole-Edoumba; Alexandra Zachwieja; Thonglith Luangkhoth; Viengkeo Souksavatdy; Tyler E. Dunn; Laura Shackelford; Jean-Jacques Hublin

doi:10.1038/s41598-023-43011-2

Palaeoenvironments and hominin evolutionary dynamics in southeast Asia

Anne-Marie Bacon^*, Nicolas Bourgon, Elise Dufour, Fabrice Demeter, Clément Zanolli, Kira E. Westaway, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Philippe Duringer, Jean-Luc Ponche, Mike W. Morley, Eric Suzzoni, Sébastien Frangeul, Quentin Boesch, Pierre Olivier Antoine, Souliphane Boualaphane, Phonephanh Sichanthongtip, Daovee Sihanam, Nguyen Thi Mai Huong, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Denis FiorilloOlivier Tombret, Elise Patole-Edoumba, Alexandra Zachwieja, Thonglith Luangkhoth, Viengkeo Souksavatdy, Tyler E. Dunn, Laura Shackelford, Jean-Jacques Hublin

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Abstract

Secure environmental contexts are crucial for hominin interpretation and comparison. The discovery of a Denisovan individual and associated fauna at Tam Ngu Hao 2 (Cobra) Cave, Laos, dating back to 164–131 ka, allows for environmental comparisons between this (sub)tropical site and the Palearctic Denisovan sites of Denisova Cave (Russia) and Baishiya Karst Cave (China). Denisovans from northern latitudes foraged in a mix of forested and open landscapes, including tundra and steppe. Using stable isotope values from the Cobra Cave assemblage, we demonstrate that, despite the presence of nearby canopy forests, the Denisovan individual from Cobra Cave primarily consumed plants and/or animals from open forests and savannah. Using faunal evidence and proxy indicators of climates, results herein highlight a local expansion of rainforest at ~ 130 ka, raising questions about how Denisovans responded to this local climate change. Comparing the diet and habitat of the archaic hominin from Cobra Cave with those of early Homo sapiens from Tam Pà Ling Cave (46–43 ka), Laos, it appears that only our species was able to exploit rainforest resources.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	16165
Tidsskrift	Scientific Reports
Vol/bind	13
Antal sider	13
ISSN	2045-2322
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43011-2
Status	Udgivet - 2023

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Funding Information:
We thank the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism of Laos PDR for encouraging and supporting our work. We thank also the authorities of Xon district, Huà Pan Province, and the villagers of Long Gua Pa village for their continuous support of our fieldworks since 2003. Funding for isotopic analyses of the Cobra Cave specimens came from the research laboratory BABEL UMR 8045 CNRS/Université Paris Cité, France, to A.M.B. and the Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, to N.B.

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Bacon, A-M., Bourgon, N., Dufour, E., Demeter, F., Zanolli, C., Westaway, K. E., Joannes-Boyau, R., Duringer, P., Ponche, J-L., Morley, M. W., Suzzoni, E., Frangeul, S., Boesch, Q., Antoine, P. O., Boualaphane, S., Sichanthongtip, P., Sihanam, D., Huong, N. T. M., Tuan, N. A., ... Hublin, J-J. (2023). Palaeoenvironments and hominin evolutionary dynamics in southeast Asia. Scientific Reports, 13, [16165]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43011-2

Palaeoenvironments and hominin evolutionary dynamics in southeast Asia. / Bacon, Anne-Marie; Bourgon, Nicolas; Dufour, Elise; Demeter, Fabrice; Zanolli, Clément; Westaway, Kira E.; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud; Duringer, Philippe; Ponche, Jean-Luc; Morley, Mike W.; Suzzoni, Eric; Frangeul, Sébastien; Boesch, Quentin; Antoine, Pierre Olivier; Boualaphane, Souliphane; Sichanthongtip, Phonephanh; Sihanam, Daovee; Huong, Nguyen Thi Mai; Tuan, Nguyen Anh; Fiorillo, Denis; Tombret, Olivier; Patole-Edoumba, Elise; Zachwieja, Alexandra; Luangkhoth, Thonglith; Souksavatdy, Viengkeo; Dunn, Tyler E.; Shackelford, Laura; Hublin, Jean-Jacques.

I: Scientific Reports, Bind 13, 16165, 2023.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

Bacon, A-M, Bourgon, N, Dufour, E, Demeter, F, Zanolli, C, Westaway, KE, Joannes-Boyau, R, Duringer, P, Ponche, J-L, Morley, MW, Suzzoni, E, Frangeul, S, Boesch, Q, Antoine, PO, Boualaphane, S, Sichanthongtip, P, Sihanam, D, Huong, NTM, Tuan, NA, Fiorillo, D, Tombret, O, Patole-Edoumba, E, Zachwieja, A, Luangkhoth, T, Souksavatdy, V, Dunn, TE, Shackelford, L & Hublin, J-J 2023, 'Palaeoenvironments and hominin evolutionary dynamics in southeast Asia', Scientific Reports, bind 13, 16165. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43011-2

Bacon, Anne-Marie ; Bourgon, Nicolas ; Dufour, Elise ; Demeter, Fabrice ; Zanolli, Clément ; Westaway, Kira E. ; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud ; Duringer, Philippe ; Ponche, Jean-Luc ; Morley, Mike W. ; Suzzoni, Eric ; Frangeul, Sébastien ; Boesch, Quentin ; Antoine, Pierre Olivier ; Boualaphane, Souliphane ; Sichanthongtip, Phonephanh ; Sihanam, Daovee ; Huong, Nguyen Thi Mai ; Tuan, Nguyen Anh ; Fiorillo, Denis ; Tombret, Olivier ; Patole-Edoumba, Elise ; Zachwieja, Alexandra ; Luangkhoth, Thonglith ; Souksavatdy, Viengkeo ; Dunn, Tyler E. ; Shackelford, Laura ; Hublin, Jean-Jacques. / Palaeoenvironments and hominin evolutionary dynamics in southeast Asia. I: Scientific Reports. 2023 ; Bind 13.

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