THE DMANISI CAVE

Home of the Homo georgicus

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The Dmanisi Cave

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INTRODUCTION

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• The Dmanisi site is a village about 90 km southwest of the capital Tbilisi, in the Lower Kartlie region of Georgia.
• It is home to an important prehistoric site, included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, where fossils of Homo georgicus were discovered.

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DMANISI

• Dmanisi is located about 85 km south-west of Tbilisi buried below the ruins of the medieval town of Dmanisi, in the Mashavera River Valley. The site is elevated for about 80 m above the confluence of the Mashavera and Pinezaouri River valleys.

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The site was discovered in 1991 under the medieval village of the same name, located at an altitude of 1,171 m. It is based on a basalt flow dating back 1.8 million years.Excavated by an international team including the Georgian scientist David Lordkipanidze with the support of the Georgian Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the Central Roman-Germanic Museum.A first human mandible was discovered in 1991, followed by five skulls from 1999 to 2005.

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The ancient human fossils discovered in Dmanissi from 1991 to 2005 have been attributed to a new species called Homo georgicus, whose status is still under discussion. 5 skulls, 4 mandibles, and numerous human bones have been discovered, themselves dated 1.77 million years ago. They are the oldest human fossils discovered to date outside the African continent. Homo georgicus could be the ancestor of the Asian Homo erectus, with whom it shares certain morphological traits.

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• 5 full homo georgicus' skulls
• 4 mandibles
• 16 isolated teeth
• 24 post-cranial elements
• numerous other human bones
• animal fossils

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VOCABULARY

• confluence : the place where two rivers flow together and become one

• below : at or to a lower level, position or place
• ruins : the parts of a building that remain after it has been destroyed or severely damaged

• basalt : ​a type of dark rock that comes from volcanoes
• morphological : connected with the form and structure of animals and plants

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www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.comwww.britannica.comwww.wikipedia.orgwww.dmanisi.gewhc.unesco.org

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