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SUBMITTER: Curnoe D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5378881 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Curnoe Darren D Ji Xueping X Taçon Paul S C PS Yaozheng Ge G
Scientific reports 20150723
We have previously described hominin remains with numerous archaic traits from two localities (Maludong and Longlin Cave) in Southwest China dating to the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. If correct, this finding has important implications for understanding the late phases of human evolution. Alternative interpretations have suggested these fossils instead fit within the normal range of variation for early modern humans in East Asia. Here we test this proposition, consider the role of size-shape ...[more]