Ref ID:	37932
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Shuji Matsu'ura, Megumi Kondo, Tohru Danhara, Shuhei Sakata, Hideki Iwano, Takafumi Hirata, Iwan Kurniawan, Erick Setiyabudi, Yoshihiro Takeshita, Masayuki Hyodo, Ikuko Kitaba, Masafumi Sudo, Yugo Danhara, Fachroel Aziz
Title:	Age control of the first appearance datum for Javanese Homo erectus in the Sangiran area
Date:	January 2020
Source:	Science
DOI:	10.1126/science.aau8556
Abstract:	The chronology of the World Heritage Site of Sangiran in Indonesia is crucial for the understanding of human dispersals and settlement in Asia in the Early Pleistocene (before 780,000 years ago). It has been controversial, however, especially regarding the timing of the earliest hominin migration into the Sangiran region. We use a method of combining fission-track and uranium-lead dating and present key ages to calibrate the lower (older) Sangiran hominin-bearing horizons. We conclude that the first appearance datum for the Sangiran hominins is most likely ~1.3 million years ago and less than 1.5 million years ago, which is markedly later than the dates that have been widely accepted for the past two decades.
Volume:	367
Number:	6474
Page Start:	210
Page End:	214