New evidence for a 67,000-year-old human presence at Callao Cave, Luzon, Philippines

Mijares, Armand Salvador B.; Détroit, Florent; Piper, Philip J.; Grün, Rainer; Bellwood, Peter; Aubert, Maxime; Champion, Guillaume; Cuevas, Nida; Leon, Alexandra De; Dizon, Eusebio

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“…Given the estimated time ranges, the oldest dates inferred from genetic studies are compatible with old settlements of modern humans in East Asia attested by fossil or archaeological remains (Fig. 3) (Chen et al 1989;Mijares et al 2010;Shang et al 2007;Shen et al 2002;Sun et al 2000;Vasil'ev 1993;Wu et al 2006). However, ancient molecular lineages may just represent limited heritages of undefined ancestral populations rather than real indications on the origin and migration history of present populations.…”

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A Genetic Focus on the Peopling History of East Asia: Critical Views

Sanchez‐Mazas

Riccio

2011

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Population genetic studies may provide crucial information for our knowledge on human peopling history and have been extensively applied to reconstruct East Asian prehistory in the last 10 years. However, different genetic investigations are not always consistent with each other and some results are conflicting or misinterpreted. This represents a main obstacle for scholars of other disciplines like archaeologists and linguists who try to relate the genetic information on past human migrations to their own results on the spread of domesticated crops or animals or on the dispersal of the main language families. In this paper, we review the current genetic evidence related to the peopling history of East Asia with a critical view on some interpretations. In this way, we hope to provide a useful reference for further interdisciplinary studies on our past.

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Section: Interpretation Of Genetic Results and Methodological Issuesmentioning

confidence: 88%

A Genetic Focus on the Peopling History of East Asia: Critical Views

Sanchez‐Mazas

Riccio

2011

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“…Occupation of Australia is documented by the human paleontological record at ∼50 ka and in continental Southeast Asia at a maximum date of ∼63 ka (8,35). Specimens before this time period are fragmentary and taxonomically ambiguous but have, in some cases, been claimed to represent anatomically modern humans (6,7,(35)(36)(37). The MDI-MP model tested here suggests that whereas Southeast Asia may have been populated by modern humans, replacement of these descendants from subsequent migrants may obscure a southern route biological signal in extant populations of that region (6).…”

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Genomic and cranial phenotype data support multiple modern human dispersals from Africa and a southern route into Asia

Reyes-Centeno

Ghirotto

Détroit

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Significance Current consensus indicates that modern humans originated from an ancestral African population between ∼100–200 ka. The ensuing dispersal pattern is controversial, yet has important implications for the demographic history and genetic/phenotypic structure of extant human populations. We test for the first time to our knowledge the spatiotemporal dimensions of competing out-of-Africa dispersal models, analyzing in parallel genomic and craniometric data. Our results support an initial dispersal into Asia by a southern route beginning as early as ∼130 ka and a later dispersal into northern Eurasia by ∼50 ka. Our findings indicate that African Pleistocene population structure may account for observed plesiomorphic genetic/phenotypic patterns in extant Australians and Melanesians. They point to an earlier out-of-Africa dispersal than previously hypothesized.

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“…There is now clear evidence for the use of tropical forests by our species in Borneo [12][13]34 and Melanesia 35 by c. 45 ka; in South Asia by c. 36 ka 36 ; and in South America by c. 13 ka 37 . There are suggestions of earlier rainforest occupation c. 125 ka in Java [38][39] , c. 60 ka in the Philippines 40 , c. 100 ka in China 41 , and in Africa perhaps from the first appearance of Homo sapiens c. 200 ka 42 , though further research is required to verify these cases 43 . Early modern humans adapted to diverse tropical forest formations, ranging from the sub-zero temperatures of montane forests to dense, humid, evergreen rainforests, undertaking sophisticated forest mammal hunting and plant processing (e.g.…”

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“…Top: Late Pleistocene, Bottom: Early Holocene 11,000-5,000 BP. The figure is compiled based on data from Barker et al 118 , Denham 58 , Hunt et al 13 , Hunt and Premathilake 59 , Hunt and Rabett 119 , Marwick et al 120 Mijares et al 40 ,Moss and Kershaw 47 , Paz 56 , Kershaw et al 121 , van der Kaars et al 122 , Storm et al 38 , Summerhayes et al 35 , and Westaway et al 39 . Figure 2.…”

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The deep human prehistory of global tropical forests and its relevance for modern conservation

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Abstract/first paragraphSignificant human impacts on tropical forests have been considered the preserve of recent societies, linked to large-scale deforestation, extensive and intensive agriculture, resource mining, livestock grazing, and urban settlement. Cumulative archaeological evidence now demonstrates, however, that Homo sapiens has actively manipulated tropical forest ecologies for at least 45,000 years. It is clear that these millennia of impacts need to be taken into account when studying and conserving tropical forest ecosystems today. Nevertheless, archaeology has so far provided only limited practical insight into contemporary human-tropical forest interactions. Here, we review significant archaeological evidence for the impacts of past hunter-gatherers, agriculturalists, and urban settlements on global tropical forests. We compare the challenges faced, as well as the solutions adopted, by these groups with those confronting present-day societies, which also rely on tropical forests for a variety of ecosystem services. We emphasise archaeology's importance not only in promoting natural and cultural heritage in tropical forests, but also in taking an active role to inform modern conservation and policy-making.

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New evidence for a 67,000-year-old human presence at Callao Cave, Luzon, Philippines

Cited by 216 publications

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A Genetic Focus on the Peopling History of East Asia: Critical Views

A Genetic Focus on the Peopling History of East Asia: Critical Views

Genomic and cranial phenotype data support multiple modern human dispersals from Africa and a southern route into Asia

The deep human prehistory of global tropical forests and its relevance for modern conservation

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