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The role of Plant Foods in the evolution and Dispersal of early Humans kernsverlag.com Jul 30, 2022 11 facts
referenceM. W. Morley and colleagues analyzed site formation processes and hominin activities at Liang Bua, Flores (Indonesia), the type locality of Homo floresiensis, using micromorphological results in a 2017 study.
referenceG. D. van den Bergh et al. documented faunal remains from the Liang Bua site on Flores, Indonesia, covering a 95,000-year sequence.
referenceBrown et al. (2004) identified a new small-bodied hominin species from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia.
referenceR. W. Dennell and colleagues examined the origins and persistence of Homo floresiensis on the island of Flores from biogeographical and ecological perspectives in a 2014 study published in Quaternary Science Reviews.
referenceG. D. van den Bergh et al. identified Homo floresiensis-like fossils in the Early Middle Pleistocene strata of Flores, Indonesia.
referenceBrumm et al. (2010) reported evidence of hominin presence on the island of Flores, Indonesia, dating back to one million years ago.
measurementHominin dispersal into the Wallacean Archipelago and Sahul is evidenced by stone tools found on Flores (1 million years ago), the Philippines (709,000 years ago), and Sulawesi (200,000 years ago).
claimZooarchaeological evidence from inland archaeological sites in Flores (Liang Bua, 47-46 kya), Sulawesi (Leang Sakapao 1 and Leang Burung 2, ~36 kya), and Timor (Matja Kuru 2, 36.3-35 kya) suggests that Homo sapiens populations relied on terrestrial resources.
claimThe absence of micromorphological evidence for hearths at the Liang Bua site on Flores suggests that cooking may not have been part of the behavioral toolkit of H. floresiensis.
referenceBrumm et al. (2016) established the age and context of the oldest known hominin fossils discovered on the island of Flores, Indonesia.
claimIn the smaller islands of Wallacea, such as Sulawesi, Luzon, and Flores, settlement during the Pleistocene and Holocene was almost entirely reliant on marine fauna until the introduction of domesticated plants and animals, due to the scarcity of large- and medium-bodied terrestrial fauna.