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Our work is funded by a Discovery Project grant to M.J.M. from the Australian Research Council (ARC), and by grants from the University of New England (M.J.M.) and the University of Wollongong (R.G.R.). R.G.R. holds an ARC Senior Research Fellowship, and C.S.M.T. and J.-x.Z. hold ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowships. C.S.M.T. also acknowledges the support of the Australian Academy of Science (J. G. Russell Award), the Natural Environment Research Council and Queen's University Belfast. The 2003 excavations at Liang Bua were undertaken under Indonesian Centre for Archaeology Permit Number 1178/SB/PUS/BD/24.VI/2003. Other participants included Jatmiko, E. Wahyu Saptomo, S. Wasisto, A. Gampar, C. Lentfer, N. Polhaupessy, K. Grant, B. Walker, A. Brumm, Rikus, Deus, Leo, Ansel, Agus, Seus, Camellus, Gaba, Rius, Beni and Piet. H. Yoshida and J. Abrantes assisted with IRSL and TL analyses, J. Olley made the high-resolution gamma spectrometry measurements, D. Huntley and O. Lian provided advice on anomalous fading, and R. Bailey suggested the isothermal measurement of red TL. Wasisto, M. Roach and K. Morwood assisted with the stratigraphic sections, plans and stone artefact drawings, and P. Brown and P. Jordan commented on earlier drafts of this paper.Author contributions M.J.M., R.P.S. and R.G.R. planned and now co-ordinate the research program funded by the ARC Discovery Project grant, which includes the Liang Bua project. T.S. directed aspects of the excavations and analyses. Ages were provided by R.G.R. and K.E.W. (luminescence); C.S.M.T., M.I.B. and L.K.F. (14C); W.J.R. (ESR); and J.-x.Z. (uranium-series). R.A.D. and G.D.v.d.B. analysed the faunal remains, and M.W.M. the stone artefacts. D.R.H. supervised the stratigraphic section drawings and other aspects of the project.

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  1. Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, School of Human and Environmental Studies, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, 2351, Australia
    M. J. Morwood, D. R. Hobbs & M. W. Moore
  2. Indonesian Centre for Archaeology, Jl. Raya Condet Pejaten No. 4, 12001, Jakarta, Indonesia
    R. P. Soejono, T. Sutikna & Rokus Awe Due
  3. GeoQuEST Research Centre, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2522, Australia
    R. G. Roberts, C. S. M. Turney & K. E. Westaway
  4. School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada
    W. J. Rink
  5. Advanced Centre for Queensland University Isotope Research Excellence (ACQUIRE), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
    J.- x. Zhao
  6. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 1790 AB, Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
    G. D. van den Bergh
  7. School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AL, UK
    M. I. Bird
  8. Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia
    L. K. Fifield

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Supplementary Methods of archaeological excavation, radiocarbon dating, luminescence dating, thermal ionisation mass spectrometry (TIMS) uranium-series dating, and coupled electron spin resonance (ESR)/uranium-series dating; list of ages and supporting data in Supplementary Table 1 (a) radiocarbon dating, (b) luminescence dating, (c) TIMS uranium-series dating, (d) ESR dating, and (e) coupled ESR/uranium-series dating; list of references cited in Supplementary Methods and Supplementary Table 1. (PDF 167 kb)

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Morwood, M., Soejono, R., Roberts, R. et al. Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia.Nature 431, 1087–1091 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02956

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