What is Homo georgicus?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Homo georgicus'' | image = Dmanisi cranium D2700 (B).jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Skull D2700 (Replica) | fossil_range = [[Pleistocene]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Primates]] | familia = [[Hominidae]] | genus = ''[[Homo (genus)|Homo]]'' | species = '''''H. georgicus''''' | binomial = †''Homo georgicus'' | binomial_authority = Vekua et al., 2002 }} [[File:Homo Georgicus IMG 2921.JPG|thumb|250px|Copy of a fossil skull from Dmanisi.]] '''''Homo georgicus''''' is a species of ''[[Homo]]'' that was proposed in 2002. It is based on [[fossil]] [[skull]]s and [[jaw]]s found in [[Dmanisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] in 1999 and 2001. They seem intermediate between ''[[Homo habilis]]'' and ''[[Homo erectus|H. erectus]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1126/science.1072953 |pmid=12098694 |last=Vekua, Abesalom; Lordkipanidze, David ''et al'' 2002 |title=A new skull of early ''Homo'' from Dmanisi, Georgia |volume=297 |issue=5578 |pages=85–9 |issn=0036-8075 |journal=Science |first9=MP|year=2002 |bibcode=2002Sci...297...85V |s2cid=32726786 }}</ref> A partial [[skeleton]] was discovered in 2001. 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 which unearthed the remains. Implements and animal bones were found alongside the ancient [[human]] remains. At first, scientists thought they had found [[mandible]]s and skulls belonging to ''[[Homo ergaster]]'', but size differences led them to name a new species. == Interpretations == [[File:Dmanissi, Georgia ; Homo georgicus 1999 discovery map.png|thumb|right|Location of discovery]] [[File:Dmanisi D-2282.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Drawing of Dmanisi skull D-2282]] === Small skull === At around 600 [[cubic centimetre|cm³]] brain volume, the skull D2700 is dated to 1.77 million years old and it is in good condition. The cranium was the smallest and mos