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Title:
A New Skull of Early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia
Authors:
Vekua, Abesalom; Lordkipanidze, David; Rightmire, G. Philip; Agusti, Jordi; Ferring, Reid; Maisuradze, Givi; Mouskhelishvili, Alexander; Nioradze, Medea; de Leon, Marcia Ponce; Tappen, Martha; Tvalchrelidze, Merab; Zollikofer, Christoph
Affiliation:
AA(Georgian State Museum, Georgian Academy of Sciences, 3 Purtseladze Street, Tbilisi 380007, Georgia.; Institute of Paleobiology, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Niagvris 4A, Tbilisi 380004, Georgia.), AB(Georgian State Museum, Georgian Academy of Sciences, 3 Purtseladze Street, Tbilisi 380007, Georgia.), AC(Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University (State University of New York), Binghamton, NY 13902, USA.), AD(Institut de Paleontologia M. Crusafont, 08201-Sabadell, Spain.), AE(Department of Geography, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA.), AF(Georgian State Museum, Georgian Academy of Sciences, 3 Purtseladze Street, Tbilisi 380007, Georgia.), AG(Georgian State Museum, Georgian Academy of Sciences, 3 Purtseladze Street, Tbilisi 380007, Georgia.; Institute of Geography, Georgian Academy of Sciences, M. Alexidze 1, Tbilisi 380093, Georgia.), AH(Archeological Center, Georgian Academy of Science, 14 Uznadze Street, Tbilisi 380002, Georgia.), AI(Anthropological Institute and MultiMedia Laboratory, Universität Zürich-Irchel, 190 Winterthurerstrasse, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland.), AJ(Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.), AK(Institute of Geography, Georgian Academy of Sciences, M. Alexidze 1, Tbilisi 380093, Georgia.; Institute of Geology of Georgian Academy of Sciences, M. Alexidze 1, Tbilisi 380093, Georgia.), AL(Anthropological Institute and MultiMedia Laboratory, Universität Zürich-Irchel, 190 Winterthurerstrasse, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland.)
Publication:
Science, Volume 297, Issue 5578, pp. 85-89 (2002). (Sci Homepage)
Publication Date:
07/2002
Category:
ANTHRO
Origin:
SCIENCE
Abstract Copyright:
(c) 2002: Science
DOI:
10.1126/science.1072953
Bibliographic Code:
2002Sci...297...85V

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.
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