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A New Skull of Early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia

Published:2002-07-05 Issue:5578 Volume:297 Page:85-89
ISSN:0036-8075
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Author:

Vekua Abesalom¹²,Lordkipanidze David¹,Rightmire G. Philip³,Agusti Jordi⁴,Ferring Reid⁵,Maisuradze Givi¹,Mouskhelishvili Alexander¹⁶,Nioradze Medea⁷,de Leon Marcia Ponce⁸,Tappen Martha⁹,Tvalchrelidze Merab⁶¹⁰,Zollikofer Christoph⁸

Affiliation:

1. Georgian State Museum, Georgian Academy of Sciences, 3 Purtseladze Street, Tbilisi 380007, Georgia.

2. Institute of Paleobiology, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Niagvris 4A, Tbilisi 380004, Georgia.

3. Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University (State University of New York), Binghamton, NY 13902, USA.

4. Institut de Paleontologia M. Crusafont, 08201-Sabadell, Spain.

5. Department of Geography, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA.

6. Institute of Geography, Georgian Academy of Sciences, M. Alexidze 1, Tbilisi 380093, Georgia.

7. Archeological Center, Georgian Academy of Science, 14 Uznadze Street, Tbilisi 380002, Georgia.

8. Anthropological Institute and MultiMedia Laboratory, Universität Zürich-Irchel, 190 Winterthurerstrasse, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland.

9. Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

10. Institute of Geology of Georgian Academy of Sciences, M. Alexidze 1, Tbilisi 380093, Georgia.

Abstract

Another hominid skull has been recovered at Dmanisi (Republic of Georgia) from the same strata in which hominid remains have been reported previously. The Dmanisi site dated to ∼1.75 million years ago has now produced craniofacial portions of several hominid individuals, along with many well-preserved animal fossils and quantities of stone artifacts. Although there are certain anatomical differences among the Dmanisi specimens, the hominids do not clearly represent more than one taxon. We assign the new skull provisionally to Homo erectus (= ergaster ). The Dmanisi specimens are the most primitive and small-brained fossils to be grouped with this species or any taxon linked unequivocally with genus Homo and also the ones most similar to the presumed habilis -like stem. We suggest that the ancestors of the Dmanisi population dispersed from Africa before the emergence of humans identified broadly with the H. erectus grade.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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