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A new species of Homo from the Late Pleistocene of the Philippines

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  • Florent Détroit

    (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR 7194, CNRS, Musée de l’Homme)

  • Armand Salvador Mijares

    (University of the Philippines
    National Museum of the Philippines)

  • Julien Corny

    (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR 7194, CNRS, Musée de l’Homme)

  • Guillaume Daver

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Clément Zanolli

    (Université de Bordeaux
    Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier)

  • Eusebio Dizon

    (National Museum of the Philippines)

  • Emil Robles

    (University of the Philippines)

  • Rainer Grün

    (Griffith University
    Australian National University)

  • Philip J. Piper

    (National Museum of the Philippines
    Australian National University)

Abstract

A hominin third metatarsal discovered in 2007 in Callao Cave (Northern Luzon, the Philippines) and dated to 67 thousand years ago provided the earliest direct evidence of a human presence in the Philippines. Analysis of this foot bone suggested that it belonged to the genus Homo, but to which species was unclear. Here we report the discovery of twelve additional hominin elements that represent at least three individuals that were found in the same stratigraphic layer of Callao Cave as the previously discovered metatarsal. These specimens display a combination of primitive and derived morphological features that is different from the combination of features found in other species in the genus Homo (including Homo floresiensis and Homo sapiens) and warrants their attribution to a new species, which we name Homo luzonensis. The presence of another and previously unknown hominin species east of the Wallace Line during the Late Pleistocene epoch underscores the importance of island Southeast Asia in the evolution of the genus Homo.

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  • Florent Détroit & Armand Salvador Mijares & Julien Corny & Guillaume Daver & Clément Zanolli & Eusebio Dizon & Emil Robles & Rainer Grün & Philip J. Piper, 2019. "A new species of Homo from the Late Pleistocene of the Philippines," Nature, Nature, vol. 568(7751), pages 181-186, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:568:y:2019:i:7751:d:10.1038_s41586-019-1067-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1067-9
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    1. Sarah E. Freidline & Kira E. Westaway & Renaud Joannes-Boyau & Philippe Duringer & Jean-Luc Ponche & Mike W. Morley & Vito C. Hernandez & Meghan S. McAllister-Hayward & Hugh McColl & Clément Zanolli &, 2023. "Early presence of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia by 86–68 kyr at Tam Pà Ling, Northern Laos," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-21, December.

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