An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000–63,000 years ago
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Genetic evidence for anatomically modern humans (AMH) out of Africa before 75 thousand years ago (ka) and in island southeast Asia (ISEA) before 60 ka (93-61 ka) predates accepted archaeological records of occupation in the region. Claims that AMH arrived in ISEA before 60 ka (ref. 4) have been supported only by equivocal or non-skeletal evidence. AMH evidence from this period is rare and lacks robust chronologies owing to a lack of direct dating applications, poor preservation and/or excavation strategies and questionable taxonomic identifications. Lida Ajer is a Sumatran Pleistocene cave with a rich rainforest fauna associated with fossil human teeth. The importance of the site is unclear owing to unsupported taxonomic identification of these fossils and uncertainties regarding the age of the deposit, therefore it is rarely considered in models of human dispersal. Here we reinvestigate Lida Ajer to identify the teeth confidently and establish a robust chronology using an integrated dating approach. Using enamel-dentine junction morphology, enamel thickness and comparative morphology, we show that the teeth are unequivocally AMH. Luminescence and uranium-series techniques applied to bone-bearing sediments and speleothems, and coupled uranium-series and electron spin resonance dating of mammalian teeth, place modern humans in Sumatra between 73 and 63 ka. This age is consistent with biostratigraphic estimations, palaeoclimate and sea-level reconstructions, and genetic evidence for a pre-60 ka arrival of AMH into ISEA. Lida Ajer represents, to our knowledge, the earliest evidence of rainforest occupation by AMH, and underscores the importance of reassessing the timing and environmental context of the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa.
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At least two endemic 'super-archaic' hominin species, H. floresiensis and H. luzonensis, were present in Island Southeast Asia around the time anatomically modern humans arrived more than 50,000 years ago.
“The hominin fossil record of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) indicates that at least two endemic 'super-archaic' species Homo luzonensis and H. floresiensis - were present around the time anatomically modern humans (AMH) arrived in the region >50,000 years ago.”
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The paper’s discussion of the Lida Ajer chronology reports anatomically modern humans in Sumatra 73,000–63,000 years ago, supporting arrival in Island Southeast Asia more than 50,000 years ago. Its comparison of the teeth mentions H. floresiensis, but the paper does not establish that it was present at the same time, and the passages found do not mention H. luzonensis or describe two endemic ‘super-archaic’ species. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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McColl, H., Racimo, F., Vinner, L., Demeter, F., Gakuhari, T., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., van Driem, G., Gram Wilken, U., Seguin-Orlando, A., de la Fuente Castro, C., et al. (2018) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aat3628 · Cited by 517 · see citing works
On the origin of modern humans: Asian perspectives
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Origins of modern human ancestry
Bergström, A., Stringer, C. B., Hajdinjak, M., Scerri, E. M. L., & Skoglund, P. (2021) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03244-5 · Cited by 426 · see citing works
Self-citationEarliest hunting scene in prehistoric art
Aubert, M., Lebe, R., Oktaviana, A. A., Tang, M., Burhan, B., Hamrullah, Jusdi, A., Abdullah, Hakim, B., Zhao, J.-X., et al. (2019) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1806-y · Cited by 330 · see citing works
Self-citationPalaeolithic cave art in Borneo
Aubert, M., Setiawan, P., Oktaviana, A. A., Brumm, A., Sulistyarto, P. H., Saptomo, E. W., Istiawan, B., Ma’rifat, T. A., Wahyuono, V. N., Atmoko, F. T., et al. (2018) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0679-9 · Cited by 292 · see citing works
Self-citationOldest cave art found in Sulawesi
Brumm, A., Oktaviana, A. A., Burhan, B., Hakim, B., Lebe, R., Zhao, J., Sulistyarto, P. H., Ririmasse, M. N. R., Adhityatama, S., Sumantri, I., et al. (2021) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.abd4648 · Cited by 259 · see citing works
Self-citationKaufman, D. A., & Himmelmann, N. P. (2024) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198807353.003.0042 · Cited by 263 · see citing works
Ancient Genomics of Modern Humans: The First Decade
Skoglund, P., & Mathieson, I. (2018) · Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics · doi:10.1146/annurev-genom-083117-021749 · Cited by 246 · see citing works
When did <i>Homo sapiens</i> first reach Southeast Asia and Sahul?
O’Connell, J. F., Allen, J., Williams, M. A. J., Williams, A. N., Turney, C. S. M., Spooner, N. A., Kamminga, J., Brown, G., & Cooper, A. (2018) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1808385115 · Cited by 236 · see citing works
A new species of Homo from the Late Pleistocene of the Philippines
Détroit, F., Mijares, A. S., Corny, J., Daver, G., Zanolli, C., Dizon, E., Robles, E., Grün, R., & Piper, P. J. (2019) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1067-9 · Cited by 230 · see citing works
Timing of archaic hominin occupation of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia
Jacobs, Z. L., Li, B., Shunkov, M. V., Kozlikin, M. B., Bolikhovskaya, N. S., Agadjanian, A. K., Uliyanov, V. A., Vasiliev, S. K., O’Gorman, K., Derevianko, A. P., et al. (2019) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0843-2 · Cited by 223 · see citing works
Homo sapiens in Arabia by 85,000 years ago
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Self-citationLeast-cost pathway models indicate northern human dispersal from Sunda to Sahul
Kealy, S., Louys, J., & O'Connor, S. (2018) · Journal of Human Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.10.003 · Cited by 169 · see citing works
Self-citationLast appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago
Rizal, Y., Westaway, K. E., Zaim, Y., van den Bergh, G. D., Bettis, E. A., Morwood, M. J., Huffman, O. F., Grün, R., Joannes-Boyau, R., Bailey, R. M., et al. (2020) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1863-2 · Cited by 165 · see citing works
Self-citationThe Ecology of Tropical East Asia
Corlett, R. T. (2019) · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198817017.001.0001 · Cited by 170 · see citing works
Aspects of human physical and behavioural evolution during the last 1 million years
Galway‐Witham, J., Cole, J., & Stringer, C. B. (2019) · Journal of Quaternary Science · doi:10.1002/jqs.3137 · Cited by 145 · see citing works
Self-citationAn early colonisation pathway into northwest Australia 70-60,000 years ago
Norman, K., Inglis, J., Clarkson, C., Faith, J. T., Shulmeister, J., & Harris, D. L. (2017) · Quaternary Science Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.11.023 · Cited by 139 · see citing works
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Self-citationCarpenters Gap 1: A 47,000 year old record of indigenous adaption and innovation
Maloney, T., O’Connor, S., Wood, R. E., Aplin, K. P., & Balme, J. (2018) · Quaternary Science Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.05.016 · Cited by 102 · see citing works
Human occupation of northern India spans the Toba super-eruption ~74,000 years ago
Clarkson, C., Harris, C., Li, B., Neudorf, C. M., Roberts, R. G., Lane, C. S., Norman, K., Pal, J., Jones, S., Shipton, C., et al. (2020) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14668-4 · Cited by 97 · see citing works
Early presence of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia by 86–68 kyr at Tam Pà Ling, Northern Laos
Freidline, S. E., Westaway, K., Joannes-boyau, R. C., Duringer, P., Ponche, J., Morley, M. W., Hernandez, V., McAllister-Hayward, M. S., McColl, H., Zanolli, C., et al. (2023) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-023-38715-y · Cited by 96 · see citing works
Self-citationA Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos
Demeter, F., Zanolli, C., Westaway, K., Joannes-boyau, R. C., Duringer, P., Morley, M. W., Welker, F., Rüther, P. L., Skinner, M. M., McColl, H., et al. (2022) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29923-z · Cited by 90 · see citing works
Self-citationPleistocene Water Crossings and Adaptive Flexibility Within the Homo Genus
Gaffney, D. (2020) · Journal of Archaeological Research · doi:10.1007/s10814-020-09149-7 · Cited by 89 · see citing works
Yost, C. L., Jackson, L. J., Stone, J. R., & Cohen, A. S. (2018) · Journal of Human Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.11.005 · Cited by 88 · see citing works
The languages of Halmahera and West New Guinea
Gasser, E., Arnold, L., & Kamholz, D. (2024) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198807353.003.0037 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Orangutans venture out of the rainforest and into the Anthropocene
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Self-citationMicroliths in the South Asian rainforest ~45-4 ka: New insights from Fa-Hien Lena Cave, Sri Lanka
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Sun, X., Wen, S., Lu, C.-Q., Zhou, B.-Y., Curnoe, D., Lu, H., Li, H., Wang, W., Cheng, H., Yi, S.-W., et al. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2019158118 · Cited by 78 · see citing works
Lamb, H. F., Bates, R., Bryant, C., Davies, S. J., Huws, D. G., Marshall, M., Roberts, H. M., & Toland, H. (2018) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19601-w · Cited by 74 · see citing works
Papua New Guinean Genomes Reveal the Complex Settlement of North Sahul
Brucato, N., André, M., Tsang, R., Saag, L., Kariwiga, J., Sesuki, K., Beni, T., Pomat, W. S., Muke, J., Meyer, V., et al. (2021) · Molecular Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/molbev/msab238 · Cited by 71 · see citing works
Heading north: Late Pleistocene environments and human dispersals in central and eastern Asia
Li, F., Vanwezer, N., Boivin, N. L., Gao, X., Ott, F., Petraglia, M. D., & Roberts, P. (2019) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216433 · Cited by 72 · see citing works
Midden or Molehill: The Role of Coastal Adaptations in Human Evolution and Dispersal
Will, M., Kandel, A. W., & Conard, N. J. (2019) · Journal of World Prehistory · doi:10.1007/s10963-018-09127-4 · Cited by 72 · see citing works
Insights into Modern Human Prehistory Using Ancient Genomes
Yang, M. A., & Fu, Q. (2018) · Trends in Genetics · doi:10.1016/j.tig.2017.11.008 · Cited by 65 · see citing works
No evidence for widespread island extinctions after Pleistocene hominin arrival
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Self-citationSurgical amputation of a limb 31,000 years ago in Borneo
Maloney, T., Dilkes-Hall, I. E., Vlok, M., Oktaviana, A. A., Setiawan, P., Priyatno, A. A. D., Ririmasse, M. N. R., Geria, I. M., Effendy, M. A. R., Istiawan, B., et al. (2022) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05160-8 · Cited by 62 · see citing works
Self-citationDwarfism and gigantism drive human-mediated extinctions on islands
Rozzi, R., Lomolino, M. V., van der Geer, A. A. E., Silvestro, D., Lyons, S. K., Bover, P. R., Alcover, J. A., Benítez‐López, A., Tsai, C., Fujita, M., et al. (2023) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.add8606 · Cited by 62 · see citing works
Differential preservation of vertebrates in Southeast Asian caves
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Self-citationPast Extinctions of Homo Species Coincided with Increased Vulnerability to Climatic Change
Raia, P., Mondanaro, A., Melchionna, M., Febbraro, M. D., Diniz‐Filho, J. A. F., Rangel, T. F., Holden, P. B., Carotenuto, F., Edwards, N. R., Lima‐Ribeiro, M. S., et al. (2020) · One Earth · doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2020.09.007 · Cited by 60 · see citing works
Tropical forests as key sites of the “Anthropocene”: Past and present perspectives
Roberts, P., Hamilton, R. J., & Piperno, D. R. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2109243118 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
Mattes, V., & Schwaiger, T. (2024) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198807353.003.0045 · Cited by 59 · see citing works
The success of failed Homo sapiens dispersals out of Africa and into Asia
Rabett, R. (2018) · Nature Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0436-8 · Cited by 54 · see citing works
Teixeira, J. C., Jacobs, G. S., Stringer, C., Tuke, J., Hudjashov, G., Purnomo, G. A., Sudoyo, H., Cox, M. P., Tobler, R., Turney, C. S. M., et al. (2021) · Nature Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1038/s41559-021-01408-0 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
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Skhul lithic technology and the dispersal of Homo sapiens into Southwest Asia
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Self-citationHominin distribution and density patterns in Pleistocene China: Climatic influences
Bae, C. J., Li, F., Cheng, L., Wang, W., & Hong, H. (2018) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.03.015 · Cited by 49 · see citing works
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Direct dating of human fossils and the ever-changing story of human evolution
Grün, R., & Stringer, C. B. (2023) · Quaternary Science Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108379 · Cited by 50 · see citing works
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Forest mosaics, not savanna corridors, dominated in Southeast Asia during the Last Glacial Maximum
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The Philippines fromc.14,000 to 4,000 cal. bp in Regional Context
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Disentangling isolated dental remains of Asian Pleistocene hominins and pongines
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Self-citationTropical forests in the deep human past
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Finding the anthropocene in tropical forests
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Self-citationTracing Ancient Human Migrations into Sahul Using Hepatitis B Virus Genomes
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Plastic pioneers: Hominin biogeography east of the Movius Line during the Pleistocene
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A demographic history of Late Pleistocene China
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Late Pleistocene human paleoecology in the highland savanna ecosystem of mainland Southeast Asia
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The paternal and maternal genetic history of Vietnamese populations
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The biogeographic threshold of Wallacea in human evolution
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Speleological and environmental history of Lida Ajer cave, western Sumatra
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Self-citationThe Upper Paleolithic of the Americas
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A Late Pleistocene human genome from Southwest China
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Prehistoric human migration between Sundaland and South Asia was driven by sea-level rise
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Portable art from Pleistocene Sulawesi
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Mitogenomics of macaques (Macaca) across Wallace's Line in the context of modern human dispersals
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Self-citationSymbolic expression in Pleistocene Sahul, Sunda, and Wallacea
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How old are the oldest Homo sapiens in Far East Asia?
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Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago
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- Authors
- Westaway, K. E., Louys, J., Awe, R. D., Morwood, M. J., Price, G. J., Zhao, J.-X., Aubert, M., Joannes-Boyau, R., Smith, T. M., Skinner, M. M., Compton, T., Bailey, R. M., van den Bergh, G. D., de Vos, J., Pike, A. W. G., Stringer, C., Saptomo, E. W., Rizal, Y., Zaim, J., Santoso, W. D., Trihascaryo, A., Kinsley, L., & Sulistyanto, B.
- Affiliations
- Macquarie University (AU)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Pusat Penelitian Arkeologi Nasional (ID)
- University of Wollongong (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Griffith University (AU)
- Southern Cross University (AU)
- University of Kent (GB)
- Natural History Museum (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- Bandung Institute of Technology (ID)
- Corresponding author
- Westaway, K. E.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2017-08
- Volume
- 548
- Issue
- 7667
- Pages
- 322-325
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2742580921
- Cited by
- 382
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 55 · 2024: 87 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 32 · 2017: 10
- FWCI
- 127.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- kar.kent.ac.uk
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (acceptedVersion)
- Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) (submittedVersion)
- Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion)
- Cross Connect (Southern Cross University) (submittedVersion)
- Research Online (University of Wollongong) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Leaky Foundation
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Keywords
- Sumatra, human, human dispersal, Toba eruption, enamel thickness, luminescence dating, uranium-series dating, electron spin resonance dating, mammalian dentition, speleothems, Pleistocene sea-level lowstand, biostratigraphy
- MeSH terms
- Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, Fossils, Humans, Indonesia, Tooth, Uranium, Luminescence, History, Ancient, Caves, Human Migration, Rainforest
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