Enigmatic human remains from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition of southwest China and the complex evolutionary history of east Asians

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dc.contributor.authorCurnoe, Den_AU
dc.contributor.authorJi, Xen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHerries, AIRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBai, Ken_AU
dc.contributor.authorTaçon, PSCen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBao, Zen_AU
dc.contributor.authorFink, Den_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Yen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHellstrom, JCen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLuo, Yen_AU
dc.contributor.authorCassis, Gen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSu, Ben_AU
dc.contributor.authorWroe, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHong, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorParr, WCHen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorRogers, Nen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-24T02:21:00Zen_AU
dc.date.available2024-09-24T02:21:00Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2012-08-05en_AU
dc.date.statistics2022-01-31en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe Upper Pleistocene hominin fossil record of East Asia is poorly known due to a scarcity of well-described, reliably classified and accurately dated fossils. In 2008, we started a joint project involving six Chinese and five Australian institutions to examine the later Pleistocene human record from southwest China. The region has been identified from genetic research as a hotspot of human diversity, and has yielded a number of human remains thought to derive from Pleistocene deposits. We prepared, reconstructed, described and dated a new partial skeleton from a consolidated sediment block collected in 1979 from the site of Longlin Cave (Guangxi Province). We also undertook new excavations at Maludong (Yunnan Province) to clarify the stratigraphy and dating of a large sample of mostly undescribed human remains from the site. Both samples probably derive from the same population, exhibiting an unusual mixture of modern human traits, characters probably plesiomorphic for later Homo, and some unusual features. We dated charcoal with AMS radiocarbon dating and speleothem with the Uranium-series technique and the results show both samples to be from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition: ∼14.3–11.5 ka. At nearby sites, some modern humans had already begun the economic transition to agriculture by this time. We suggest the Longlin-Maludong humans represent either a late-surviving archaic population or a previously unknown modern human group who colonised East Asia probably without leaving descendants. The archaeological record of Maludong indicates these humans were engaging in complex behaviours, including ochring bones and shells and manufacturing containers from human skulls.en_AU
dc.identifier.booktitleProceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, 5-10 August 2012, Brisbane, Australiaen_AU
dc.identifier.citationCurnoe, D., Ji, X., Herries, A, I. R., Bai, K., Taçon, P. S. C., Bao, Z., Fink, D., Zhu, Y., Hellstrom, J., Luo, Y., Cassis, G., Su, B., Wroe, S., Hong, S., Parr, W. C. H., Huang, S., & Rogers, N. (2012). Enigmatic human remains from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition of southwest China and the complex evolutionary history of east Asians. Paper presented to the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, "Unearthing our Past and Future - Resourcing Tomorrow". 5-10 August 2012 . Brisbane, Australia. (pp. 2744).en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceenddate2012-08-10en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencename34th International Geological Congress 2012en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceplaceBrisbane, Australiaen_AU
dc.identifier.conferencestartdate2012-08-05en_AU
dc.identifier.otherGC124515en_AU
dc.identifier.pagination2744en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/handle/10238/15698en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Geosciences Councilen_AU
dc.subjectHumansen_AU
dc.subjectFossilsen_AU
dc.subjectPleistocene epochen_AU
dc.subjectAsiaen_AU
dc.subjectChinaen_AU
dc.subjectSamplingen_AU
dc.subjectCarbon 14en_AU
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_AU
dc.subjectArchaeological specimensen_AU
dc.titleEnigmatic human remains from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition of southwest China and the complex evolutionary history of east Asiansen_AU
dc.typeConference Abstracten_AU
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