Four Georgia Hominids Found at Strata Dating to 1.8 Million Years

A team of scientists working in Georgia has unearthed the remains of four human-like creatures dating to 1.8 million years ago. The bones reveal a mixture of primitive and advanced features, team leader David Lordkipanidze explained.

The remains uncovered at the town of Dmanisi consist of the partial skeleton of an adolescent individual associated with a skull, and the "post-cranial" remains of three adults.
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In many respects, the well-preserved fossils resemble Homo erectus, a species from the genus Homo that first appeared in Africa some two million years ago and quickly spread throughout Europe and much of Asia.


They have remarkably human-like spines and lower limbs that would have been well suited for long distance travel. Their feet had well-developed arches.


An apparently small difference in the size of males and females also puts them in the same company as Homo erectus and Homo sapiens.


However, they also have relatively small brains and primitive upper limbs, traits which they share with the earlier Homo habilis, and even with the more primitive Australopithecus, which first appeared in Africa some four million years ago.

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Four Georgia Hominids Found at Strata Dating to 1.8 Million Years