A team of scientists unearthed “unmistakable evidence” of fossils and sediments showing that Homo sapiens—the only early species of humans that have survived—arrived in mainland Southeast Asia 77,000 years ago. | krixiasINQ /PDI
Hernandez said these fossils—fragments of leg bones and a skull excavated from Tam Pa Ling cave in northeast Laos—were almost 20,000 years older than previously unearthed fossils in other sites in this region.By measuring the age of the sediments surrounding the fossils and estimating when these were last exposed to light, the team of mostly French and Laotian scientists, led by anthropologists Sarah Freidline and Fabrice Demeter, estimated the fossils to be between 68,000 and 86,000 years old.
Fossils previously discovered in mainland Southeast Asia, with its humid climate, were often too weathered or severely fragmented, making them difficult to identify, Hernandez said. The study also showed that these early humans were part of a migrant population—coming from as far as Africa, as he noted.Hernandez said questions about their origins are important in understanding why Homo sapiens “became the successful species” of all the classifications of early humans.
Hernandez said the team hopes to find more evidence of other species of early humans, to “see if their genetic line continues in us.”
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