Age control of the first appearance datum for Javanese Homo erectus in the Sangiran area

Shuji Matsu'ura¹, Megumi Kondo², Tohru Danhara³, Shuhei Sakata⁴, Hideki Iwano³, Takafumi Hirata⁵, Iwan Kurniawan⁶, Erick Setiyabudi⁶, Yoshihiro Takeshita⁷, Masayuki Hyodo^{8

9}, Ikuko Kitaba^{10

11}, Masafumi Sudo¹², Yugo Danhara³, Fachroel Aziz⁶

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¹ Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 305-0005, Japan. matsu-ur@js2.so-net.ne.jp mhyodo@kobe-u.ac.jp.
² Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Ochanomizu University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan.
³ Kyoto Fission-Track Corporation, Ltd., Omiya, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8832, Japan.
⁴ Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
⁵ Geochemical Research Center, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
⁶ Centre for Geological Survey, Bandung 40122, Indonesia.
⁷ Institute of Education, Shinshu University, Nagano City, Nagano 380-8544, Japan.
⁸ Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan. matsu-ur@js2.so-net.ne.jp mhyodo@kobe-u.ac.jp.
⁹ Department of Planetology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
¹⁰ Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
¹¹ Research Centre for Palaeoclimatology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu City, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
¹² Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, 14476 Golm, Germany.

PMID: 31919224
DOI: 10.1126/science.aau8556

Age control of the first appearance datum for Javanese Homo erectus in the Sangiran area

Shuji Matsu'ura et al. Science. 2020.

. 2020 Jan 10;367(6474):210-214.

doi: 10.1126/science.aau8556.

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¹ Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 305-0005, Japan. matsu-ur@js2.so-net.ne.jp mhyodo@kobe-u.ac.jp.
² Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Ochanomizu University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan.
³ Kyoto Fission-Track Corporation, Ltd., Omiya, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8832, Japan.
⁴ Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
⁵ Geochemical Research Center, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
⁶ Centre for Geological Survey, Bandung 40122, Indonesia.
⁷ Institute of Education, Shinshu University, Nagano City, Nagano 380-8544, Japan.
⁸ Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan. matsu-ur@js2.so-net.ne.jp mhyodo@kobe-u.ac.jp.
⁹ Department of Planetology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
¹⁰ Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
¹¹ Research Centre for Palaeoclimatology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu City, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
¹² Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, 14476 Golm, Germany.

PMID: 31919224
DOI: 10.1126/science.aau8556

Abstract

The chronology of the World Heritage Site of Sangiran in Indonesia is crucial for the understanding of human dispersals and settlement in Asia in the Early Pleistocene (before 780,000 years ago). It has been controversial, however, especially regarding the timing of the earliest hominin migration into the Sangiran region. We use a method of combining fission-track and uranium-lead dating and present key ages to calibrate the lower (older) Sangiran hominin-bearing horizons. We conclude that the first appearance datum for the Sangiran hominins is most likely ~1.3 million years ago and less than 1.5 million years ago, which is markedly later than the dates that have been widely accepted for the past two decades.

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A younger "earliest human migration" to Southeast Asia.
Brasseur B. Brasseur B. Science. 2020 Jan 10;367(6474):147-148. doi: 10.1126/science.aba3800. Science. 2020. PMID: 31919210 No abstract available.

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