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<< News >> Skull of most ancient man in Europe discovered in Eastern Georgia

Submitted by coldrum on Thursday, 01 September 2005  Page Views: 2199

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Georgian scientists have discovered the skull of the most ancient man in Europe in Dmanisi, Eastern Georgia. Preliminary reports age the skull at about 1.8 million years old, said Georgy Gabashvili, the Georgian Minister of Culture, Sports and Protection of Historic Monuments.

"This is the fifth unique discovery within the last five years of the remains of the most ancient man in Europe. The skull is still in the ground. The scientists are working on its extraction," Gabashvili said.

The skull is only partially uncovered and excavation is being done cautiously. The skull has undergone ultrasonic tests and the soil around it has been studied.

The minister said scientists found more proof that Dmanisi was the place of settlement for the first Europeans.

Georgia is waiting for foreign scientists to continue the excavations jointly with their Georgian counterparts in Dmanisi.

RIA Novosti, Marina Kvaratskhelia -
http://en.rian.ru/world/20050805/41099565.html


Note: Early man site in Georgia, Armenia.

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And in nearby Armenia - Early man site by bat400 on Monday, 24 November 2014
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An Armenian-American group of archaeologists has discovered an early man site in Armenia.

Talking to ArmInfo, Boris Gasparyan, research fellow at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Science of Armenia, said a 1.8 million-year-old man site Dmanisi was earlier discovered in the territory of Georgia. This aroused some questions about migration of prehistoric humans out of Africa.

"The sites that 'go' after Dmanisi are 300,000-400,000-year-old. No one knows what was here in the period of over 1 million years. Scientists have debates over the development of the population in that area: if the humans developed autonomously after migrating from Africa, or it was just a period that was followed with a new wave of migration from Africa," Gasparyan explained.

The site found in the Debed community, Armenia, may give answers to this and other questions. "Debed may occur to be a new Dmanisi. We are discovering many million-year-old sites here. These are the earliest settlements in the territory of today's Armenia. We have already found tools of homo erectus (meaning "upright man)," the expert said.
Meanwhile, he said, more detailed excavations and research will take years, as the sites are in the depth of 5 meters. However, Gasparyan assumes that Debed may be an early man site like Dmanisi.

The first exploration activities in Debed were launched in 2009. The excavations are held in cooperation with the North Carolina University (United States).

Thanks to coldrum for the link. Source: http://www.arminfo.am
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Re: Skull of most ancient man in Europe discovered in Eastern Georgia by Anonymous on Wednesday, 14 September 2005
1,800 million years old? That's 1.8 BILLION years ... I think this is a typo?

Justin
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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    Re: Skull of most ancient man in Europe discovered in Eastern Georgia by Thorgrim on Wednesday, 14 September 2005
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    It does seem to be an incredible age and I would have thought it a typo too. 6 million years is the age of the oldest hominids surely?

    Just for interest - billions are not the same in Britain as they are in USA.
    A billion is a million millions in Britain, Germany etc. but a billion is a thousand millions in USA, France etc.

    So an American billionaire has only $1,000,000,000 whereas a British billionaire has £1,000,000,000,000. Confusing ain't it?
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    Re: Skull of most ancient man in Europe discovered in Eastern Georgia by bat400 on Monday, 24 November 2014
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    Corrected - It is 1.8 million years.
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