Earliest known hominin activity in the Philippines by 709 thousand years ago

Nature

Volumn 557, Issue 7704, 2018, Pages 233-237

  Ingicco, T ^a,b,c,d   Van Den Bergh, G D ^e   Jago On, C ^f   Bahain, J J ^a,b,c,d   Chacon M G ^a,b,c,d,g,h   Amano, N ⁱ   Forestier, H ^a,b,c,d   King, C ^f   Manalo, K ^j   Nomade, S ^a,k,l   Pereira, A ^{a,b,c,d,k,l,m,n}   Reyes, M C ^c,f,j   Semah A M ^a,b,c,d,o   Shao, Q ^p   Voinchet, P ^a,b,c,d   Falgueres C ^a,b,c,d   Albers, P C H ^q   Lising, M ^f,r   Lyras, G ^s   Yurnaldi, D ^t   Rochette, P ^a,u,v,w,x   Bautista, A ^f   De Vos, J ^q   more..

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^g INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

ⁱ Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^k LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^m École Française de Rome   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^p NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^q NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^r ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^t GEOLOGICAL AGENCY   (Indonesia)

^u AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^v INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^w Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^x CEREGE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; COLONIZATION; DEER; DISPERSAL; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; HOMINID; LIZARD; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; QUARTZ; SKELETON; TOOL USE; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DEER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; FAUNA; FOSSIL; FOSSIL HOMININ; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; LIZARD; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SOUTHEAST ASIAN; STONE ANALYSIS; TURTLE; ANIMAL; HISTORY; HOMINID; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEDIMENT; TOOL USE;

CAGAYAN VALLEY; CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; KALINGA [CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION]; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; LUZON; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES; WALLACEA;

CERVUS MARIANNUS; GABAZA; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; RHINOCEROS; TESTUDINES; VARANUS;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CLAY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; PHILIPPINES; RADIOMETRIC DATING; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85046669438     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0072-8     Document Type: Article

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