Homo erectus georgicus

Homo erectus georgicus is the subspecies name sometimes used to describe fossil skulls and jaws found in Dmanisi, Georgia.

Although first proposed as a separate species, it is now classified within H. erectus.

Five skulls where discovered between 1991 and 2005 (D2700, D3444 and a complete skull in 2005 the D4500) .

The fossils are about 1.8 million years old.

The remains were first discovered in 1991 by Georgian scientist, David Lordkipanidze, accompanied by an international team that unearthed the remains.

There have been many proposed explanations of the dispersion of H. erectus georgicus.

Implements and animal bones were found alongside the ancient human remains.At first, scientists thought they had found mandibles and skulls belonging to Homo ergaster, but size differences led them to name a new species, Homo georgicus, which was posited as a descendant of Homo habilis and ancestor of Asian Homo erectus.

This classification was not upheld, and the fossil is now considered a divergent subgroup of Homo erectus, sometimes called Homo erectus georgicus.

No related events match the current filters.