@article{fdi:010072849,
  title = {{E}arliest known hominin activity in the {P}hilippines by 709 thousand years ago},
  author = {{I}ngicco, {T}. and van den {B}ergh, {G}. {D}. and {J}ago-on, {C}. and {B}ahain, {J}. {J}. and {C}hacon, {M}. {G}. and {A}mano, {N}. and {F}orestier, {H}. and {K}ing, {C}. and {M}analo, {K}. and {N}omade, {S}. and {P}ereira, {A}. and {R}eyes, {M}. {C}. and {S}{\'e}mah, {A}nne-{M}arie and {S}hao, {Q}. and {V}oinchet, {P}. and {F}algueres, {C}. and {A}lbers, {P}. {C}. {H}. and {L}ising, {M}. and {L}yras, {G}. and {Y}urnaldi, {D}. and {R}ochette, {P}. and {B}autista, {A}. and de {V}os, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{O}ver 60 years ago, stone tools and remains of megafauna were discovered on the {S}outheast {A}sian islands of {F}lores, {S}ulawesi and {L}uzon, and a {M}iddle {P}leistocene colonization by {H}omo erectus was initially proposed to have occurred on these islands(1-4). {H}owever, until the discovery of {H}omo floresiensis in 2003, claims of the presence of archaic hominins on {W}allacean islands were hypothetical owing to the absence of in situ fossils and/or stone artefacts that were excavated from well-documented stratigraphic contexts, or because secure numerical dating methods of these sites were lacking. {A}s a consequence, these claims were generally treated with scepticism(5). {H}ere we describe the results of recent excavations at {K}alinga in the {C}agayan {V}alley of northern {L}uzon in the {P}hilippines that have yielded 57 stone tools associated with an almost-complete disarticulated skeleton of {R}hinoceros philippinensis, which shows clear signs of butchery, together with other fossil fauna remains attributed to stegodon, {P}hilippine brown deer, freshwater turtle and monitor lizard. {A}ll finds originate from a clay-rich bone bed that was dated to between 777 and 631 thousand years ago using electron-spin resonance methods that were applied to tooth enamel and fluvial quartz. {T}his evidence pushes back the proven period of colonization(6) of the {P}hilippines by hundreds of thousands of years, and furthermore suggests that early overseas dispersal in {I}sland {S}outh {E}ast {A}sia by premodern hominins took place several times during the {E}arly and {M}iddle {P}leistocene stages(1-4). {T}he {P}hilippines therefore may have had a central role in southward movements into {W}allacea, not only of {P}leistocene megafauna(7), but also of archaic hominins.},
  keywords = {{PHILIPPINES} ; {FLORES} {ILES} ; {SULAWESI} ; {LUCON} {ILE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature},
  volume = {557},
  numero = {7704},
  pages = {233--+},
  ISSN = {0028-0836},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41586-018-0072-8},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072849},
}