Dmanisi Skull: Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus Belonged To The Same Species - Study
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 19:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The fifth skull to be discovered in Dmanisi displays a combination of features unknown to researchers before the find - the largest face, the most massively built jaw and teeth and the smallest brain within the Dmanisi group. Previously, four equally well-preserved hominid skulls as well as some skeletal parts had been found there. Taken as a whole, the finds show that the first representatives of the genus Homo began to expand from Africa through Eurasia as far back as 1,850,000 years ago. read more