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@article{item_3563824,
title = {{Reconstructing the environmental conditions experienced by early modern humans at Tam P{\`a} Ling (northeast Laos) using higher plant wax biomarkers}},
author = {McAllister-Hayward, Meghan S. and Blyth, Alison Jane and McInerney, Francesca A. and Holman, Alex I. and Grice, Kliti and Tyler, Jonathan James and Westaway, K.W. and Joannes-Boyau, Renaud and Boualaphane, Souliphane and Bourgon, Nicolas and Dunn, Tyler E. and Frangeul, S{\'e}bastien and Luangkhoth, Thonglith and Ponche, Jean Luc and Sichanthongtip, Phonephanh and Souksavatdy, Viengkeo and Suzzoni, Eric and Zachwieja, Alexandra and Zanolli, Cl{\'e}ment and Bacon, Anne Marie and Duringer, Philippe and Hublin, J.-J. and Shackelford, Laura and Demeter, Fabrice P. and Morley, Mike W.},
language = {eng},
issn = {0277-3791},
doi = {10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108471},
publisher = {Elsevier},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-02-01},
abstract = {{The sediments of Tam P{\`a} Ling (TPL), northeastern Laos, have yielded the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in mainland Southeast Asia ($\sim$86 ka; marine isotope stage (MIS) 5 b) with a number of skeletal elements having been recovered from the sequence attesting to two populations of H. sapiens present in the vicinity between 77 $\pm$ 9 ka to 39 $\pm$ 9 ka. At present there has been very limited research into the environmental conditions that these populations encountered during MIS 5{\textendash}4. In this study, we present the results of an analysis of higher plant biomarkers (n-alkanes and n-alkanols) from the sediments at TPL to reconstruct the palaeovegetation of the site and the human fossils. The n-alkane $\delta$13C values demonstrate that H. sapiens encountered a predominantly C3 forest landscape in MIS 5 b-MIS 4 that prevailed until MIS 1. Observations of a fluctuation in $\delta$13C values across MIS 5 b-MIS 1 ($\sim$86{\textendash}3 ka) indicates that moisture availability was non-uniform, most likely resulting in landscape changes in and around TPL. The presence of H. sapiens at TPL during the environmental conditions associated with MIS 5 b-MIS 3 highlights the adaptability of our species to environmental dynamics at this time.}},
journal = {{Quaternary Science Reviews}},
volume = {325},
eid = {108471},
}