On 8/17/2018 9:36 AM, Edwina Taborsky wrote:
Interesting. If the time analysis is scientifically correct.
I did a bit more Googling, and I found the original publication in _Nature_: Earliest known hominin activity in the Philippines by 709 thousand years ago https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0072-8 But that is just the abstract. I didn't buy the article, but the National Geographic has more information: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/stone-tools-rhinoceros-luzon-philippines-ancient-hominins-science/ From the Nat. Geo.: They used several methods to derive the estimated dates. Not coincidentally, 700 kya is about the same time for the "Java man" -- Homo erectus in Indonesia. Stone tools have also been found on various islands around there. But stone tools in conjunction with a dateable edible is a big plus. Nobody knows how any of those hominins got to those islands. They seriously doubt that Homo erectus had sailboats. John
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