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Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave.
| العنوان: | Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave. |
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| المؤلفون: | Douka K; Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany. douka@shh.mpg.de.; Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. douka@shh.mpg.de., Slon V; Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany., Jacobs Z; Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.; Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia., Ramsey CB; Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Shunkov MV; Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia.; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia., Derevianko AP; Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia.; Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia., Mafessoni F; Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany., Kozlikin MB; Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia., Li B; Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.; Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia., Grün R; Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., Comeskey D; Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Devièse T; Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Brown S; Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany., Viola B; Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Kinsley L; Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia., Buckley M; Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK., Meyer M; Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany., Roberts RG; Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.; Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia., Pääbo S; Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany., Kelso J; Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany., Higham T; Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. thomas.higham@rlaha.ox.ac.uk. |
| المصدر: | Nature [Nature] 2019 Jan; Vol. 565 (7741), pp. 640-644. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jan 30. |
| نوع المنشور: | Historical Article; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Nature Publishing Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0410462 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1476-4687 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00280836 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Nature Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: Basingstoke : Nature Publishing Group Original Publication: London, Macmillan Journals ltd. |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Caves* , Fossils* , Hominidae*/genetics , Radiometric Dating*, Animals ; Bayes Theorem ; DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics ; Deer ; Femur/chemistry ; Geologic Sediments/chemistry ; History, Ancient ; Humans ; Neanderthals/genetics ; Oxygen Isotopes ; Siberia ; Time Factors ; Tooth/chemistry |
| مستخلص: | Denisova Cave in the Siberian Altai (Russia) is a key site for understanding the complex relationships between hominin groups that inhabited Eurasia in the Middle and Late Pleistocene epoch. DNA sequenced from human remains found at this site has revealed the presence of a hitherto unknown hominin group, the Denisovans 1,2 , and high-coverage genomes from both Neanderthal and Denisovan fossils provide evidence for admixture between these two populations 3 . Determining the age of these fossils is important if we are to understand the nature of hominin interaction, and aspects of their cultural and subsistence adaptations. Here we present 50 radiocarbon determinations from the late Middle and Upper Palaeolithic layers of the site. We also report three direct dates for hominin fragments and obtain a mitochondrial DNA sequence for one of them. We apply a Bayesian age modelling approach that combines chronometric (radiocarbon, uranium series and optical ages), stratigraphic and genetic data to calculate probabilistically the age of the human fossils at the site. Our modelled estimate for the age of the oldest Denisovan fossil suggests that this group was present at the site as early as 195,000 years ago (at 95.4% probability). All Neanderthal fossils-as well as Denisova 11, the daughter of a Neanderthal and a Denisovan 4 -date to between 80,000 and 140,000 years ago. The youngest Denisovan dates to 52,000-76,000 years ago. Direct radiocarbon dating of Upper Palaeolithic tooth pendants and bone points yielded the earliest evidence for the production of these artefacts in northern Eurasia, between 43,000 and 49,000 calibrated years before present (taken as AD 1950). On the basis of current archaeological evidence, it may be assumed that these artefacts are associated with the Denisovan population. It is not currently possible to determine whether anatomically modern humans were involved in their production, as modern-human fossil and genetic evidence of such antiquity has not yet been identified in the Altai region. |
| التعليقات: | Comment in: Nature. 2019 Jan;565(7741):571-572. (PMID: 30700881) |
| المشرفين على المادة: | 0 (DNA, Mitochondrial) 0 (Oxygen Isotopes) |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20190201 Date Completed: 20190619 Latest Revision: 20190619 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240628 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41586-018-0870-z |
| PMID: | 30700871 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s41586-018-0870-z |