TY - JOUR
T1 - Preface
T2 - research at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia
AU - Morwood, M. J.
AU - Sutikna, T.
AU - Saptomo, E. W.
AU - Jatmiko,
AU - Hobbs, D. R.
AU - Westaway, K. E.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Excavations at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia, have yielded evidence for an endemic human species, Homo floresiensis, a population that occupied the cave between ∼95-17 ka. This discovery has major implications for early hominin evolution and dispersal in Africa and Asia, attracting worldwide interest. This preface describes the rationale for the excavations in historical, geographical, and wider research contexts, as well as the methods used. It also introduces the other papers on aspects of Liang Bua research that feature in this edition of the Journal of Human Evolution.
AB - Excavations at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia, have yielded evidence for an endemic human species, Homo floresiensis, a population that occupied the cave between ∼95-17 ka. This discovery has major implications for early hominin evolution and dispersal in Africa and Asia, attracting worldwide interest. This preface describes the rationale for the excavations in historical, geographical, and wider research contexts, as well as the methods used. It also introduces the other papers on aspects of Liang Bua research that feature in this edition of the Journal of Human Evolution.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70449133450&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.07.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.07.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 19733385
AN - SCOPUS:70449133450
SN - 0047-2484
VL - 57
SP - 437
EP - 449
JO - Journal of Human Evolution
JF - Journal of Human Evolution
IS - 5
ER -