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Medieval ruins on the Dmanisi promontory, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia

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Dmanisi

Seyfi Cem Baskin

დმანისი1850000 av. J.-C. – 1770000 av. J.-C.

A medieval town and paleoanthropological site in Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, where 1.8-million-year-old Homo erectus fossils (including skull 5) are the earliest well-dated humans outside Africa.

Paleolithic
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Intérêt 56

Localisation

Georgia

41.33°N · 44.20°E · Europe

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Hominin dates

c. 1.85-1.77 million years ago

Skull 5

D4500/D2600, published 2013

Industry

Oldowan-style Mode 1 tools

Director

David Lordkipanidze and Georgian National Museum

“Dmanisi is the first solid date for Homo outside Africa, and the skulls argue against splitting every African fossil into a new species.”

Localisation

Aperçu

Dmanisi sits on a promontory above the Mashavera and Pinezauri confluence in southern Georgia. The visible ruins are a medieval fortress-town and bishop's seat. Beneath and beside them, a Pleistocene pipe of ash and alluvium trapped hominin bones, stone tools, and fauna. Georgian and international teams led by David Lordkipanidze have excavated since the 1990s.

Five skulls and associated postcrania date to about 1.85-1.77 million years ago. Skull 5 (D4500/D2600) combines a small braincase with a massive face; the series as a whole is often classified as early Homo erectus (or Homo erectus georgicus). The fossils show that a single dispersing African-derived population could look more variable than older textbooks allowed. Oldowan-style tools accompany the bones.

Compare Olduvai Gorge for the East African source landscape and Atapuerca for later European hominins. Dmanisi is not a UNESCO World Heritage site (nearby Mtskheta is a different inscription).

Pourquoi c'est important

Dmanisi is the first solid date for Homo outside Africa, and the skulls argue against splitting every African fossil into a new species. It also reminds the atlas that "Europe" in human evolution begins in the Caucasus, not in France.

Preuves et interprétation

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Faits bien établis

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  • Multiple hominin crania and postcrania are dated to the late Pliocene / early Pleistocene at Dmanisi.

Inférences savantes

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  • Morphological variation among the five skulls is population variation within early Homo erectus, not several coexisting species.

Interprétations débattues

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  • Some specialists still prefer Homo georgicus or a broader Homo habilis-grade label for the smallest specimens.

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Atlas Anatolia. (1850000). Dmanisi. Atlas Anatolia. https://atlasanatolia.com/fr/site/dmanisi

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Sources

  • A Complete Skull from Dmanisi, Georgia, and the Evolutionary Biology of Early Homo — Lordkipanidze, David et al. (2013)
  • Earliest Pleistocene hominid cranial remains from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia — Gabunia, Leo et al. (2000)

Questions fréquentes

Où se trouve Dmanisi ?

Dmanisi est situé à/en Georgia.

De quand date Dmanisi ?

Dmanisi remonte approximativement à 1850000 av. J.-C. – 1770000 av. J.-C..

Pourquoi Dmanisi est-il important ?

Dmanisi is the first solid date for Homo outside Africa, and the skulls argue against splitting every African fossil into a new species.

Dmanisi est-il inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO ?

Dmanisi n'est pas actuellement inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO.

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