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Homo erectus, our ancient ancestor | Natural History Museum nhm.ac.uk 8 facts
claimPrior to the development of Acheulean handaxes, the tools used by ancient humans and their predecessors, including the earliest known Homo erectus at Dmanisi, were primitive rock flakes knapped to a sharp edge.
accountThe Dmanisi site in Georgia has produced five small-brained human skulls, three jawbones, various skeletal parts, and simple stone tools.
measurementThe Dmanisi fossils exhibit a primitive version of Homo erectus morphology, with leg bones indicating an adult body size of approximately 1.5 metres and a weight of about 45 kilograms.
measurementHomo erectus fossils found at Dmanisi, Georgia, date to approximately 1.8 to 1.85 million years ago.
measurementThe archaeological material found at the Dmanisi site in Georgia is dated to approximately 1.8 to 1.85 million years old.
accountArchaeologists discovered a variety of extinct fauna, including ostriches, primitive deer, rhinoceroses, large carnivores, and a human lower jaw, at the Dmanisi site in Georgia starting in 1991.
perspectiveSome researchers classify the Dmanisi fossils as a distinct, more primitive species called Homo georgicus due to their smaller body and brain sizes, while others argue they represent a very early member of the species Homo erectus.
claimAnalysis of the five Homo erectus skulls discovered at Dmanisi, Georgia, since 1991 shows that the amount of variation between them is comparable to that seen among modern humans or chimpanzees.
Nutritional Evolution – Human Origin and Evolution ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in 2 facts
referenceGabunia, L., Vekua, A., Lordkipanidze, D., Swisher, C. C., Ferring, R., Justus, A., & Jöris, O. (2000) published 'Earliest Pleistocene hominid cranial remains from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia: taxonomy, geological setting, and age' in Science, 288, 1019-1025.
referenceGabunia, L., Antón, S. C., Lordkipanidze, D., Vekua, A., Justus, A., & Swisher, C. C. (2001) published 'Dmanisi and dispersal' in Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 10(5), 158-170.
The role of Plant Foods in the evolution and Dispersal of early Humans kernsverlag.com Jul 30, 2022 1 fact
referenceE. Messager, D. Lordkipanidze, C. R. Ferring, and B. Deniaux used fossil fruit identification via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to reconstruct the paleoenvironment of the Dmanisi site in Georgia in a 2008 study.