% pubman genre = article @article{item_3390211, title = {{A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos}}, author = {Demeter, Fabrice and Zanolli, Cl{\'e}ment and Westaway, Kira E. and Joannes-Boyau, Renaud and Duringer, Philippe and Morley, Mike W. and Welker, Frido and R{\"u}ther, Patrick L. and Skinner, Matthew M. and McColl, Hugh and Gaunitz, Charleen and Vinner, Lasse and Dunn, Tyler E. and Olsen, Jesper V. and Sikora, Martin and Ponche, Jean-Luc and Suzzoni, Eric and Frangeul, S{\'e}bastien and Boesch, Quentin and Antoine, Pierre-Olivier and Pan, Lei and Xing, Song and Zhao, Jian-Xin and Bailey, Richard M. and Boualaphane, Souliphane and Sichanthongtip, Phonephanh and Sihanam, Daovee and Patole-Edoumba, Elise and Aubaile, Fran{\c{c}}oise and Crozier, Fran{\c{c}}oise and Bourgon, Nicolas and Zachwieja, Alexandra and Luangkhoth, Thonglith and Souksavatdy, Viengkeo and Sayavongkhamdy, Thongsa and Cappellini, Enrico and Bacon, Anne-Marie and Hublin, Jean-Jacques and Willerslev, Eske and Shackelford, Laura}, language = {eng}, isbn = {2041-1723}, doi = {10.1038/s41467-022-29923-z}, publisher = {Springer}, year = {2022}, abstract = {{The Pleistocene presence of the genus Homo in continental Southeast Asia is primarily evidenced by a sparse stone tool record and rare human remains. Here we report a Middle Pleistocene hominin specimen from Laos, with the discovery of a molar from the Tam Ngu Hao 2 (Cobra Cave) limestone cave in the Annamite Mountains. The age of the fossil-bearing breccia ranges between 164{\textendash}131 kyr, based on the Bayesian modelling of luminescence dating of the sedimentary matrix from which it was recovered, U-series dating of an overlying flowstone, and U-series{\textendash}ESR dating of associated faunal teeth. Analyses of the internal structure of the molar in tandem with palaeoproteomic analyses of the enamel indicate that the tooth derives from a young, likely female, Homo individual. The close morphological affinities with the Xiahe specimen from China indicate that they belong to the same taxon and that Tam Ngu Hao 2 most likely represents a Denisovan.}}, journal = {{Nature Communications}}, volume = {13}, number = {1}, eid = {2557}, }