Early Humans Arrived in Southeast Asia Later Than Previously Believed (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Early Humans Arrived in Southeast Asia Later Than Previously Believed (1 of 3)

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Figure showing Sangiran location and generalized stratigraphy and outlining the provenance of two chronological groups of the Sangiran hominins, chronological controversy for over two decades, and our results from this study. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 10 Jan. issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by S. Matsu'ura at National Museum of Nature and Science in Ibaraki, Japan, and colleagues was titled, "Age control of the first appearance datum for Javanese Homo erectus in the Sangiran area."

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[Credit: Matsu'ura <em>et al., Science</em> (2019)]

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