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The first direct ESR analysis of a hominin tooth from Atapuerca Gran Dolina TD-6 (Spain) supports the antiquity of Homo antecessor

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    Identificador: imarina:4683792
    Autors:
    Duval M., Grün R., Parés J., Martín-Francés L., Campaña I., Rosell J., Shao Q., Arsuaga J., Carbonell E., Bermúdez de Castro J.
    Resum:
    The present study reports the results of the first direct Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dating study of Homo antecessor, the oldest known hominin species identified in Western Europe. The analysis of a tooth (ATD6-92) from TD6 unit of Atapuerca Gran Dolina (Spain) following a ¿semi non-destructive¿ procedure provides a final age estimate ranging from 624 to 949 ka, which covers all possible uranium uptake scenarios. Last, the additional magnetostratigraphic data collected within TD6 enables to further constrain the initial ESR chronology and to propose an age of between 772 and 949 ka for Homo antecessor, in agreement with previous dating works. Although our new results do not refine the existing chronology of TD6 unit, they nevertheless support the antiquity of H. antecessor, which pre-dates the estimated divergence age of modern and archaic human lineages based on genetic evidence. This work illustrates the challenges of dating human teeth by means of the ESR method, with the main pitfalls that are sometimes inherent to this specific application (e.g., systematic μCT-scanning of fossil hominin teeth; limited knowledge about the original sedimentary environment for teeth coming from old excavations; heterogeneous spatial distribution of the U-series elements in dental tissues). We identified several sources of uncertainty that may directly impact the accuracy of the age result. In particular, a slight contamination of dentine (<6%) in the enamel fragment measured by ESR was found to induce a significant age underestimation (33%) if not taken into consideration. It indeed caused not only a DE underestimation (by about 8%), but also produced a massive internal dose rate overestimation (by a factor of about 3.5). In contrast, other sources of uncertainty, such as the hete
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    Autor segons l'article: Duval M., Grün R., Parés J., Martín-Francés L., Campaña I., Rosell J., Shao Q., Arsuaga J., Carbonell E., Bermúdez de Castro J.
    Departament: Història i Història de l'Art Història i Història de l'Art
    Autor/s de la URV: Carbonell Roura, Eudald / Rosell Ardévol, Jordi
    Paraules clau: Sierra de atapuerca Pleistocè inferior Datacions
    Resum: The present study reports the results of the first direct Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dating study of Homo antecessor, the oldest known hominin species identified in Western Europe. The analysis of a tooth (ATD6-92) from TD6 unit of Atapuerca Gran Dolina (Spain) following a ¿semi non-destructive¿ procedure provides a final age estimate ranging from 624 to 949 ka, which covers all possible uranium uptake scenarios. Last, the additional magnetostratigraphic data collected within TD6 enables to further constrain the initial ESR chronology and to propose an age of between 772 and 949 ka for Homo antecessor, in agreement with previous dating works. Although our new results do not refine the existing chronology of TD6 unit, they nevertheless support the antiquity of H. antecessor, which pre-dates the estimated divergence age of modern and archaic human lineages based on genetic evidence. This work illustrates the challenges of dating human teeth by means of the ESR method, with the main pitfalls that are sometimes inherent to this specific application (e.g., systematic μCT-scanning of fossil hominin teeth; limited knowledge about the original sedimentary environment for teeth coming from old excavations; heterogeneous spatial distribution of the U-series elements in dental tissues). We identified several sources of uncertainty that may directly impact the accuracy of the age result. In particular, a slight contamination of dentine (<6%) in the enamel fragment measured by ESR was found to induce a significant age underestimation (33%) if not taken into consideration. It indeed caused not only a DE underestimation (by about 8%), but also produced a massive internal dose rate overestimation (by a factor of about 3.5). In contrast, other sources of uncertainty, such as the heterogeneity of the sedimentary environment, the variability of the water content over time, the previous μCT-scanning of the tooth or the potential preferential creation of unstable NOCORs in the ESR signal, showed here a limited impact on the final age result. Given our current understanding of the ESR method and the existing uncertainties associated with the evaluation of the DE and dose rate, this is probably as far as we can presently go in the dating study of ATD6-92 sample.
    Àrees temàtiques: Stratigraphy Geosciences, multidisciplinary Geology Geography, physical Geociências Geochemistry & geophysics Earth and planetary sciences (miscellaneous) Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Antropologia / arqueologia
    ISSN: 18711014
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: jordi.rosell@urv.cat eudald.carbonell@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0002-6758-6291 0000-0001-6306-3621
    Data d'alta del registre: 2024-09-07
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enllaç font original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871101417301383
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Quaternary Geochronology. 47 120-137
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Duval M., Grün R., Parés J., Martín-Francés L., Campaña I., Rosell J., Shao Q., Arsuaga J., Carbonell E., Bermúdez de Castro J. (2018). The first direct ESR analysis of a hominin tooth from Atapuerca Gran Dolina TD-6 (Spain) supports the antiquity of Homo antecessor. Quaternary Geochronology, 47(), 120-137. DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2018.05.001
    DOI de l'article: 10.1016/j.quageo.2018.05.001
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2018
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
  • Paraules clau:

    Earth and Planetary Sciences (Miscellaneous),Geochemistry & Geophysics,Geography, Physical,Geology,Geosciences, Multidisciplinary,Stratigraphy
    Sierra de atapuerca
    Pleistocè inferior
    Datacions
    Stratigraphy
    Geosciences, multidisciplinary
    Geology
    Geography, physical
    Geociências
    Geochemistry & geophysics
    Earth and planetary sciences (miscellaneous)
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências agrárias i
    Biodiversidade
    Astronomia / física
    Antropologia / arqueologia
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