@article {330125,
	title = {Early presence of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia by 86{\textendash}68 kyr at Tam P{\`a} Ling, Northern Laos},
	journal = {Nature Communications},
	volume = {14},
	year = {2023},
	month = {2023/06/13},
	pages = {3193},
	abstract = {<p>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 discoveries from Tam P{\`a} Ling cave (Laos) identified H. sapiens in Southeast Asia by at least 46 kyr. We report on a recently discovered frontal bone (TPL 6) and tibial fragment (TPL 7) found in the deepest layers of TPL. Bayesian modeling of luminescence dating of sediments and U-series and combined U-series-ESR dating of mammalian teeth reveals a depositional sequence spanning ~86 kyr. TPL 6 confirms the presence of H. sapiens by 70\&thinsp;\&plusmn;\&thinsp;3 kyr, and TPL 7 extends this range to 77\&thinsp;\&plusmn;\&thinsp;9 kyr, supporting an early dispersal of H. sapiens into Southeast Asia. Geometric morphometric analyses of TPL 6 suggest descent from a gracile immigrant population rather than evolution from or admixture with local archaic populations.</p>
},
	isbn = {2041-1723},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38715-y},
	url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38715-y},
	author = {Freidline, Sarah E. and Westaway, Kira E. and Joannes-Boyau, Renaud and Duringer, Philippe and Ponche, Jean-Luc and Morley, Mike W. and Hernandez, Vito C. and McAllister-Hayward, Meghan S. and McColl, Hugh and Zanolli, Cl{\'e}ment and Gunz, Philipp and Bergmann, Inga and Sichanthongtip, Phonephanh and Sihanam, Daovee and Boualaphane, Souliphane and Luangkhoth, Thonglith and Souksavatdy, Viengkeo and Dosseto, Anthony and Boesch, Quentin and Patole-Edoumba, Elise and Aubaile, Fran{\c c}oise and Crozier, Fran{\c c}oise and Suzzoni, Eric and Frangeul, S{\'e}bastien and Bourgon, Nicolas and Zachwieja, Alexandra and Dunn, Tyler E. and Bacon, Anne-Marie and Hublin, Jean-Jacques and Shackelford, Laura and Demeter, Fabrice}
}
