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Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave

Douka, Katerina, Slon, Viviane, Jacobs, Zenobia, Ramsey, Christopher Bronk, Shunkov, Michael V., Derevianko, Anatoly P., Mafessoni, Fabrizio, Kozlikin, Maxim B., Li, Bo, Grün, Rainer, Comeskey, Daniel, Devièse, Thibaut, Brown, Samantha, Viola, Bence, Kinsley, Leslie, Buckley, Michael, Meyer, Matthias, Roberts, Richard G., Pääbo, Svante, Kelso, Janet, Higham, Tom·2019·Nature
DOI 10.1038/s41586-018-0870-z
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Denisova Cave in the Siberian Altai (Russia) is a key site for understanding the complex relationships between hominin groups that inhabited Eurasia in the Middle and Late Pleistocene epoch. DNA sequenced from human remains found at this site has revealed the presence of a hitherto unknown hominin group, the Denisovans 1,2 , and high-coverage genomes from both Neanderthal and Denisovan fossils provide evidence for admixture between these two populations 3 . Determining the age of these fossils is important if we are to understand the nature of hominin interaction, and aspects of their cultural and subsistence adaptations. Here we present 50 radiocarbon determinations from the late Middle and Upper Palaeolithic layers of the site. We also report three direct dates for hominin fragments and obtain a mitochondrial DNA sequence for one of them. We apply a Bayesian age modelling approach that combines chronometric (radiocarbon, uranium series and optical ages), stratigraphic and genetic data to calculate probabilistically the age of the human fossils at the site. Our modelled estimate for the age of the oldest Denisovan fossil suggests that this group was present at the site as early as 195,000 years ago (at 95.4% probability). All Neanderthal fossils-as well as Denisova 11, the daughter of a Neanderthal and a Denisovan 4 -date to between 80,000 and 140,000 years ago. The youngest Denisovan dates to 52,000-76,000 years ago. Direct radiocarbon dating of Upper Palaeolithic tooth pen…

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  • ZooMS has been applied to rapidly and cost-effectively detect hominin remains among fragmentary faunal assemblages.

    “ZooMS has been applied to rapidly and cost-effectively detect hominin remains among fragmentary faunal assemblages”

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  • Evidence for sewn clothing (eyed needles) is dated to approximately 45 ka in the IUP level at Denisova Cave.

    “Evidence for sewn clothing (eyed needles) is dated to approximately 45 ka in the IUP level at Denisova Cave [62,65,66].”

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Douka, K., Slon, V., Jacobs, Z., Ramsey, C. B., Shunkov, M. V., Derevianko, A. P., Mafessoni, F., Kozlikin, M. B., Li, B., Grün, R., Comeskey, D., Devièse, T., Brown, S., Viola, B., Kinsley, L., Buckley, M., Meyer, M., Roberts, R. G., Pääbo, S., Kelso, J., & Higham, T.
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Nature
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2019-01-30
Volume
565
Issue
7741
Pages
640-644
ISSN
  • 0028-0836
  • 1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/s41586-018-0870-z
Cited by
165
References
10
Language
en
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