This review is a follow up to Grün et al.(2006): Direct Dating of Human Fossils. Since that
time there has been progress on the experimental side of the geochronological analyses …

To date, the earliest modern human fossils found outside of Africa are dated to around
90,000 to 120,000 years ago at the Levantine sites of Skhul and Qafzeh. A maxilla and …

The timing and location of the emergence of our species and of associated behavioural
changes are crucial for our understanding of human evolution. The earliest fossil attributed …

New ages for flowstone, sediments and fossil bones from the Dinaledi Chamber are
presented. We combined optically stimulated luminescence dating of sediments with U-Th …

The Pleistocene presence of the genus Homo in continental Southeast Asia is primarily
evidenced by a sparse stone tool record and rare human remains. Here we report a Middle …

During the last twenty years, several technical developments have considerably intensified
the use of numerical dating methods for the Quaternary. The study of fluvial archives has …

The prevailing view regarding the evolution of medicine is that the emergence of settled
agricultural societies around 10,000 years ago (the Neolithic Revolution) gave rise to a host …

INTRODUCTION Drimolen is one of several ancient caves located in the Hominid Caves of
South Africa United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) …

The timing of the first arrival of Homo sapiens in East Asia from Africa and the degree to
which they interbred with or replaced local archaic populations is controversial. Previous …

H omo erectus is the founding early hominin species of Island Southeast Asia, and reached
Java (Indonesia) more than 1.5 million years ago,. Twelve H. erectus calvaria (skull caps) …