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 hominin record from southern Asia for the early Late Pleistocene epoch is scarce. Well-
dated and well-preserved fossils older than∼ 45,000 years that can be unequivocally …

It is eighteen years since the human fossils recovered from the TD6 level of the Gran Dolina
cave site, in Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, northern Spain) were assigned to a new hominin …

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 …

It has long been believed that Neanderthals originated and flourished on the European
continent. However, recent morphological and genetic studies have suggested that they may …

The relationship between climate change and hominin evolution over the Pleistocene in
East Asia is still poorly understood, in particular due to the limited number of archaeological …

The relationship between initial Homo sapiens dispersal from Africa to East Asia and the
orbitally paced evolution of the Asian summer monsoon (ASM)—currently the largest …

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 …

Qesem Cave is a Middle Pleistocene site in Israel occupied between 420 and 200 ka.
Excavations have revealed a wealth of innovative behaviors most likely practiced by a new …

Middle to Late Pleistocene human evolution in East Asia has remained controversial
regarding the extent of morphological continuity through archaic humans and to modern …