dc.contributor.author | Curnoe, Darren | |
dc.contributor.author | Ji, Xueping | |
dc.contributor.author | Tacon, Paul SC | |
dc.contributor.author | Ge, Yaozheng | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-28T04:29:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-28T04:29:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/srep12408 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/102547 | |
dc.description.abstract | We have previously described hominin remains with numerous archaic traits from two localities (Maludong and Longlin Cave) in Southwest China dating to the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. If correct, this finding has important implications for understanding the late phases of human evolution. Alternative interpretations have suggested these fossils instead fit within the normal range of variation for early modern humans in East Asia. Here we test this proposition, consider the role of size-shape scaling, and more broadly assess the affinities of the Longlin 1 (LL1) cranium by comparing it to modern human and archaic hominin crania. The shape of LL1 is found to be highly unusual, but on balance shows strongest affinities to early modern humans, lacking obvious similarities to early East Asians specifically. We conclude that a scenario of hybridization with archaic hominins best explains the highly unusual morphology of LL1, possibly even occurring as late as the early Holocene. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 12408-1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 12408-12 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Scientific Reports | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 5 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 430102 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 310499 | |
dc.title | Possible Signatures of Hominin Hybridization from the Early Holocene of Southwest China | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dcterms.license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) 2015. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Tacon, Paul S. | |