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
May 18, 2022
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...