@article {308798, title = {Modern human teeth from Late Pleistocene Luna Cave (Guangxi, China)}, journal = {Quaternary International}, volume = {354}, year = {2014}, month = {12/2014}, pages = {169-183}, chapter = {169}, abstract = {

We present two previously unreported hominin permanent teeth [one right upper second molar (M2), one left lower second molar (m2)] from Lunadong ({\textquotedblleft}dong{\textquotedblright}\ =\ {\textquotedblleft}cave{\textquotedblright}), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The teeth are important because: 1) they were found\ in situ; 2) at least one (M2) can be confidently assigned to modern\ Homo sapiens, while the other (m2) is likely modern\ H.\ sapiens; and 3) the teeth can be securely dated between 126.9\ {\textpm}\ 1.5\ ka and 70.2\ {\textpm}\ 1.4\ ka, based on multiple MC-ICP-MS uranium-series dates of associated flowstones in clear stratigraphic context. The Lunadong modernH.\ sapiens\ teeth contribute to growing evidence (e.g., Callao Cave, Huanglongdong, Zhirendong) that modern and/or transitional humans were likely in eastern Asia between the crucial 120{\textendash}50\ ka time span, a period that some researchers have suggested no hominins were present in the region.

}, keywords = {China, Geometric morphometrics, Late Pleistocene, Modern Homo sapiens, Teeth}, doi = {10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.051}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104061821400425X$\#$}, author = {Bae, C. and Wang, W. and Zhao, J. and Huang, S. and Tian, F. and Guanjun, S.} }