Homo floresiensis and Homo luzonensis are not temporally exceptional relative to Homo erectus

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.3498" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.3498</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3498" target="_blank" >10.1002/jqs.3498</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Homo floresiensis and Homo luzonensis are not temporally exceptional relative to Homo erectus

Original language description

The presence of Homo floresiensis and Homo luzonensis in southeast Asia 90,000 to 60,000 years ago is considered surprising by many, and has been used to support their designation as unique species and the islands they were discovered on as refugia. Here, we statistically test the null hypothesis that H. floresiensis and H. luzonensis represent temporally uninterrupted occurrences relative to Homo erectus. We do this using the &apos;surprise test&apos; for the exceptionality of a new record. Results demonstrate that H. floresiensis and H. luzonensis are not temporally distinct relative to H. erectus. Their late persistence should, therefore, not be considered surprising, they cannot reliably be inferred to be outside of H. erectus&apos; temporal range, and - temporally - the islands of Luzon and Flores are not supported as refugia. Similarly, late H. erectus at Ngandong, Java, is not demonstrated to be temporally distinct relative to earlier, principally mainland-Asian, H. erectus. Further, we demonstrate that substantial numbers of fossil discoveries would be needed before H. floresiensis and H. luzonensis are outside of H. erectus&apos; expected temporal range. If H. floresiensis and H. luzonensis are descended from H. erectus populations, our results point toward either geographic processes of allopatric speciation or behavioural processes leading to a sympatric speciation event.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60102 - Archaeology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Quaternary Science

ISSN

0267-8179

e-ISSN

1099-1417

Volume of the periodical

38

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

463-470

UT code for WoS article

000913685000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85146350278