Resolving the “muddle in the middle”: The case for Homo bodoensis sp. nov.

M Roksandic, P Radović, XJ Wu… - … : Issues, News, and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments in the field of palaeoanthropology necessitate the suppression of two
hominin taxa and the introduction of a new species of hominins to help resolve the current …

The dispersal of Homo sapiens across southern Asia: how early, how often, how complex?

R Dennell, MD Petraglia - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The timing and the paths of colonization of southern Asia by Homo sapiens are poorly
known, though many population geneticists, paleoanthropologists, and archaeologists have …

A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite chain of northern Laos

F Demeter, C Zanolli, KE Westaway… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000–63,000 years ago

KE Westaway, J Louys, RD Awe, MJ Morwood… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
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 …

Late Pleistocene archaic human crania from Xuchang, China

ZY Li, XJ Wu, LP Zhou, W Liu, X Gao, XM Nian… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Two early Late Pleistocene (~ 105,000-to 125,000-year-old) crania from Lingjing, Xuchang,
China, exhibit a morphological mosaic with differences from and similarities to their western …

Modern human teeth from late Pleistocene Luna cave (Guangxi, China)

CJ Bae, W Wang, J Zhao, S Huang, F Tian… - Quaternary …, 2014 - Elsevier
We present two previously unreported hominin permanent teeth [one right upper second
molar (M2), one left lower second molar (m2)] from Lunadong (“dong”=“cave”), Guangxi …

Past extinctions of Homo species coincided with increased vulnerability to climatic change

P Raia, A Mondanaro, M Melchionna, M Di Febbraro… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
At least six different Homo species populated the World during the latest Pliocene to the
Pleistocene. The extinction of all but one of them is currently shrouded in mystery, and no …

Archaic human remains from Hualongdong, China, and Middle Pleistocene human continuity and variation

XJ Wu, SW Pei, YJ Cai, HW Tong, Q Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Middle to Late Pleistocene human evolution in East Asia has remained controversial
regarding the extent of morphological continuity through archaic humans and to modern …

Reconstructing Denisovan anatomy using DNA methylation maps

D Gokhman, N Mishol, M de Manuel, D de Juan… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Denisovans are an extinct group of humans whose morphology remains unknown. Here, we
present a method for reconstructing skeletal morphology using DNA methylation patterns …

Evolution of cranial capacity revisited: A view from the late Middle Pleistocene cranium from Xujiayao, China

XJ Wu, CJ Bae, M Friess, S Xing, S Athreya… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Middle Pleistocene hominin fossils from the Xujiayao site in northern
China have been closely studied in light of their morphological variability. However, all …