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. 2021 Mar 9;118(10):e2101173118.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2101173118.

How old are the oldest Homo sapiens in Far East Asia?

Jean-Jacques Hublin  1   2
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How old are the oldest Homo sapiens in Far East Asia?

Jean-Jacques Hublin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
The Tam Pà Ling cave in northeast Laos is one of the many examples of dissolution cavities open in the tower karsts of tropical and subtropical Asia. Generally, these types of sites have complex sedimentary histories. In this case, however, more than 6 m of deposits seem to represent a rather continuous accumulation documenting the last 70,000 y or so. They trapped remains of some of the oldest representatives of H. sapiens in this part of the continent. Image credit: Fabrice Demeter (Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark).
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