An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000–63,000 years ago

K. E. Westaway (), J. Louys, R. Due Awe, M. J. Morwood, G. J. Price, J.-x. Zhao, M. Aubert, R. Joannes-Boyau, T. M. Smith, M. M. Skinner, T. Compton, R. M. Bailey, G. D. van den Bergh, J. de Vos, A. W. G. Pike, C. Stringer, E. W. Saptomo, Y. Rizal, J. Zaim, W. D. Santoso, A. Trihascaryo, L. Kinsley and B. Sulistyanto
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K. E. Westaway: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University
J. Louys: School of Culture, History, and Languages, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University
R. Due Awe: Indonesian Centre for Archaeology
M. J. Morwood: Centre for Archaeological Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong
G. J. Price: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland
J.-x. Zhao: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland
M. Aubert: Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU), Griffith University
R. Joannes-Boyau: Southern Cross GeoScience, Southern Cross University
T. M. Smith: Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University
M. M. Skinner: School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent
T. Compton: Natural History Museum
R. M. Bailey: School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
G. D. van den Bergh: Centre for Archaeological Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong
J. de Vos: Naturalis Biodiversity Center
A. W. G. Pike: University of Southampton
C. Stringer: Natural History Museum
E. W. Saptomo: Indonesian Centre for Archaeology
Y. Rizal: Geology Study Program, Institut Teknologi Bandung
J. Zaim: Geology Study Program, Institut Teknologi Bandung
W. D. Santoso: Geology Study Program, Institut Teknologi Bandung
A. Trihascaryo: Geology Study Program, Institut Teknologi Bandung
L. Kinsley: Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
B. Sulistyanto: Indonesian Centre for Archaeology

Nature, 2017, vol. 548, issue 7667, 322-325

Abstract: Morphological analysis of teeth found at Lida Ajer shows that these belong to Homo sapiens, indicating that modern humans were in Sumatra between 73,000 and 63,000 years ago.

Date: 2017
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