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Jawbone of 16,000-25,000-year-old human represents first Pleistocene remains from Sulawesi; shows surprising dental wear pattern

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Excavated trench

image: Excavated trench at Leang Bulu Bettue; an overview of the trench in the rock-shelter area viewed from south to north (2017). view more 

Credit: Brumm et al., 2021, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Jawbone of 16,000-25,000-year-old human represents first Pleistocene remains from Sulawesi; shows surprising dental wear pattern

Article Title: Skeletal remains of a Pleistocene modern human (Homo sapiens) from Sulawesi

Author Countries: Australia, Indonesia, Japan

Funding: The excavations at Leang Bulu Bettue are funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship awarded to A.B. (FT160100119), along with financial support from Griffith University. The ARC had no role in study design, data analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0257273


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