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

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Détroit, Florent, Mijares, Armand Salvador, Corny, Julien, Daver, Guillaume, Zanolli, Clément, Dizon, Eusebio, Robles, Emil, Grün, Rainer, Piper, Philip J.·2019·Nature
DOI 10.1038/s41586-019-1067-9
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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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Authors
Détroit, F., Mijares, A. S., Corny, J., Daver, G., Zanolli, C., Dizon, E., Robles, E., Grün, R., & Piper, P. J.
Affiliations
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • University of the Philippines System (PH)
  • National Museum of the Philippines (PH)
  • Griffith University (AU)
  • Australian National University (AU)
Corresponding author
  • Détroit, Florent
  • Mijares, Armand Salvador
ORCID
Venue
Nature
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2019-04-10
Volume
568
Issue
7751
Pages
181-186
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/s41586-019-1067-9
OpenAlex
W2938961075
Cited by
230
References
75
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 48 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 21
FWCI
183.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
  • Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
  • The Catalogue of Life
Funders
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-10-LABX-0052)
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 luzonensis, Luzon, Late Pleistocene, hominin skeletal remains, foot morphology, Homo floresiensis, Wallace's Line, hominin evolution, Island Southeast Asia
MeSH terms
Animals, Classification, Biological Evolution, Fossils, Metatarsal Bones, Philippines, Species Specificity, Hominidae, Caves

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