Dmanisi

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Dmanisi is an archaeological site and town in southern Georgia renowned for yielding some of the earliest known hominin fossils outside Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
paleontological site ⓘ
town ⓘ
approximateAgeInYears 1.77 million years ⓘ
1.8 million years ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Oldowan-like industry ⓘ
linked to: Oldowan stone tools
contains animal fossils ⓘ
hominin crania ⓘ
mandibles ⓘ
postcranial remains ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
D4500Nickname Skull 5 ⓘ
D4500Significance most complete adult early Homo skull from this age ⓘ
distanceFromTbilisi about 85 km southwest ⓘ
excavatedBy Georgian National Museum teams ⓘ
excavationsBegan 1980s ⓘ
geologicalAge Early Pleistocene ⓘ
hasNearbyMedievalTownRuins yes ⓘ
hasUNESCOTentativeStatus yes ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfTown medieval ⓘ
homininRemainsCount multiple individuals ⓘ
homininTaxonFound Homo erectus ⓘ
Homo georgicus ⓘ
linked to: Homo
knownFor Lower Pleistocene deposits ⓘ
Oldowan-like stone tools ⓘ
earliest known hominin fossils outside Africa ⓘ
early hominin fossils ⓘ
well-preserved hominin skulls ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf Mashavera River ⓘ
Pinezaouri River ⓘ
locatedIn Kvemo Kartli ⓘ
southern Georgia ⓘ
locatedOn promontory ⓘ
majorFossilDiscoveriesBegan 1990s ⓘ
notableSkullDesignation D2280 ⓘ
D2282 ⓘ
D2700 ⓘ
D3444 ⓘ
D4500 ⓘ
partOf Dmanisi Municipality ⓘ
preservationEnvironment volcanic sediments ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
significance evidence for early human dispersal out of Africa ⓘ
insight into variation within early Homo ⓘ
key site for studying human evolution ⓘ
toolRawMaterial local basalt ⓘ
toolTechnology simple core-and-flake industry ⓘ
UNESCOTentativeListCategory cultural site ⓘ

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Kvemo Kartli → containsCity → Dmanisi ⓘ
Kvemo Kartli → hasHistoricalSite → Dmanisi archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Oldowan stone tools → archaeologicalSite → Dmanisi, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Homo erectus → notableFossilSite → Dmanisi, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Homo erectus → notableSpecimen → Dmanisi skulls ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Dmanisi Municipality → contains → Dmanisi (town) ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Dmanisi Municipality → contains → Dmanisi archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Dmanisi Municipality → hasHistoricSite → Dmanisi hominid site ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
D2280 → foundAt → Dmanisi archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
D2280 → discoveredIn → Dmanisi, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
D4500 → partOf → Dmanisi hominin assemblage ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
D4500 → foundAt → Dmanisi archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
D4500 → discoveredBy → Dmanisi research team ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
D4500 → siteContext → Dmanisi medieval village and underlying fossil-bearing deposits ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Skull 5 → foundAt → Dmanisi, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Skull 5 → foundBy → Dmanisi paleoanthropological team ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Skull 5 → belongsToCollection → Dmanisi fossil collection ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Mashavera River → passesBy → Dmanisi ⓘ
Mashavera River → passesBy → Dmanisi archaeological site ⓘ
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Mashavera River → near → Dmanisi archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Kvemo Kartli → containsCity → Dmanisi ⓘ
Kvemo Kartli → containsSite → Dmanisi archaeological site ⓘ
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Pinezaouri River → flowsNear → Dmanisi archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Pinezaouri River → near → town of Dmanisi ⓘ
linked to: Dmanisi
Borchali → hasCity → Dmanisi ⓘ
Borchali region → majorTown → Dmanisi ⓘ