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Hominins on Flores, Indonesia, by one million years ago

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  • Adam Brumm

    (Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia)

  • Gitte M. Jensen

    (Quaternary Dating Laboratory, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, PO Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark)

  • Gert D. van den Bergh

    (Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
    Naturalis, the National Museum of Natural History)

  • Michael J. Morwood

    (Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia)

  • Iwan Kurniawan

    (Geological Survey Institute)

  • Fachroel Aziz

    (Geological Survey Institute)

  • Michael Storey

    (Quaternary Dating Laboratory, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, PO Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark)

Abstract

Early arrivals on Flores Hominin activity on Flores in Indonesia goes back at least 800,000 years, as evidenced by fission-track dating of archaeological sites at Mata Menge in the Soa Basin (published before the discovery of the Homo floresiensis fossils at Liang Bua, to the west). New research at another locality in the Soa Basin (for coverage in News) uses the more accurate technique of 40Ar/39Ar dating to show that hominins were living on Flores a million years ago. This raises doubts over suggestions that the arrival of hominins was a factor in the mass death of a giant tortoise and dwarf elephant species, which may instead be related to natural processes.

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  • Adam Brumm & Gitte M. Jensen & Gert D. van den Bergh & Michael J. Morwood & Iwan Kurniawan & Fachroel Aziz & Michael Storey, 2010. "Hominins on Flores, Indonesia, by one million years ago," Nature, Nature, vol. 464(7289), pages 748-752, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:464:y:2010:i:7289:d:10.1038_nature08844
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08844
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    1. Charles Oxnard & Peter J Obendorf & Ben J Kefford, 2010. "Post-Cranial Skeletons of Hypothyroid Cretins Show a Similar Anatomical Mosaic as Homo floresiensis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 5(9), pages 1-11, September.
    2. Yousuke Kaifu & Iwan Kurniawan & Soichiro Mizushima & Junmei Sawada & Michael Lague & Ruly Setiawan & Indra Sutisna & Unggul P. Wibowo & Gen Suwa & Reiko T. Kono & Tomohiko Sasaki & Adam Brumm & Gerri, 2024. "Early evolution of small body size in Homo floresiensis," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.

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