Dmanisi skulls

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fossil hominin skulls
gptkbp:age 1.8 million years
gptkbp:associatedWith stone tools
animal bones
gptkbp:continent gptkb:Eurasia
gptkbp:coordinates 41°20′N 44°21′E
gptkbp:country gptkb:Georgia
gptkbp:cranialCapacity 546–730 cc
gptkbp:datingMethod radiometric dating
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:David_Lordkipanidze
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1991
gptkbp:excavatedBy 1983
gptkbp:excavationEnd ongoing
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Dmanisi,_Georgia
gptkbp:housedIn gptkb:Georgian_National_Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dmanisi skulls
gptkbp:implies suggests care for elderly individuals
gptkbp:importantFor challenges species classification in early Homo
shows early human variation
gptkbp:jawAssociated toothless jaw (D3444)
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:BBC
gptkb:National_Geographic
gptkb:Nature_journal
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:notableSpecies gptkb:Skull_1_(D2280)
gptkb:Skull_2_(D2282/D211)
gptkb:Skull_3_(D2700/D2735)
gptkb:Skull_4_(D3444/D3900)
gptkb:Skull_5_(D4500)
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies 5
gptkbp:preserves well-preserved
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Science_journal
gptkbp:relatedTo animal fossils
stone artifacts
postcranial bones
Out of Africa migration
gptkbp:significance oldest hominin fossils outside Africa
gptkbp:siteAltitude 910 meters
gptkbp:siteLayer gptkb:volcanic_activity
gptkbp:siteLayerAge 1.85 million years
gptkbp:skull1Features long, low braincase
gptkbp:skull2Features robust jaw
gptkbp:skull3Features smallest braincase
gptkbp:skull4Features toothless, elderly individual
gptkbp:skull5Features large face, small braincase
gptkbp:species gptkb:Homo_sapiens
gptkb:Homo_georgicus
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus Tentative list
gptkbp:website 0.3 hectares
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dmanisi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5