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Homo floresiensis-like fossils from the early Middle Pleistocene of Flores

van den Bergh, Gerrit D., Kaifu, Yousuke, Kurniawan, Iwan, Kono, Reiko T., Brumm, Adam, Setiyabudi, Erick, Aziz, Fachroel, Morwood, Michael J.·2016·Nature
DOI 10.1038/nature17999
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The evolutionary origin of Homo floresiensis, a diminutive hominin species previously known only by skeletal remains from Liang Bua in western Flores, Indonesia, has been intensively debated. It is a matter of controversy whether this primitive form, dated to the Late Pleistocene, evolved from early Asian Homo erectus and represents a unique and striking case of evolutionary reversal in hominin body and brain size within an insular environment. The alternative hypothesis is that H. floresiensis derived from an older, smaller-brained member of our genus, such as Homo habilis, or perhaps even late Australopithecus, signalling a hitherto undocumented dispersal of hominins from Africa into eastern Asia by two million years ago (2 Ma). Here we describe hominin fossils excavated in 2014 from an early Middle Pleistocene site (Mata Menge) in the So'a Basin of central Flores. These specimens comprise a mandible fragment and six isolated teeth belonging to at least three small-jawed and small-toothed individuals. Dating to ~0.7 Ma, these fossils now constitute the oldest hominin remains from Flores. The Mata Menge mandible and teeth are similar in dimensions and morphological characteristics to those of H. floresiensis from Liang Bua. The exception is the mandibular first molar, which retains a more primitive condition. Notably, the Mata Menge mandible and molar are even smaller in size than those of the two existing H. floresiensis individuals from Liang Bua. The Mata Menge fossils are derived compared with Australopithecus and H. habilis, and so tend to support the view that H. floresiensis is a dwarfed descendent of early Asian H. erectus. Our findings suggest that hominins on Flores had acquired extremely small body size and other morphological traits specific to H. floresiensis at an unexpectedly early time.

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Authors
van den Bergh, G. D., Kaifu, Y., Kurniawan, I., Kono, R. T., Brumm, A., Setiyabudi, E., Aziz, F., & Morwood, M. J.
Affiliations
  • National Museum of Nature and Science (JP)
  • Badan Geologi (ID)
  • Griffith University (AU)
  • University of Wollongong (AU)
Corresponding author
Kaifu, Yousuke
ORCID
Venue
Nature
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2016-06-08
Volume
534
Issue
7606
Pages
245-248
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/nature17999
OpenAlex
W2414509092
Cited by
171
References
51
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 4
FWCI
111.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Online (University of Wollongong) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion)
  • Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
Funders
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (24247044)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Keywords
Homo floresiensis, Flores, Middle Pleistocene, hominin evolution, Homo erectus, evolutionary reversal, mandible, isolated teeth, Liang Bua, lithic artifacts, hominin diet, hominin cognition, hominin dispersal
MeSH terms
Animals, Fossils, Indonesia, Mandible, Organ Size, Tooth, Hominidae, Body Size, Radiometric Dating

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