D4500 and D2600 form one approximately 1.8 Ma adult skull that expands observed Dmanisi craniofacial variation; it does not by itself collapse named early Homo taxa into one lineage.
claim:event:dmanisi-skull-five-variationDmanisi Skull 5 and early Homo variation
Associated cranium D4500 and mandible D2600 form an unusually complete adult early Homo skull within the approximately 1.8 Ma Dmanisi sample.
Represented range1.85–1.77 Ma
RegionsLayer B1y, Block 2, Dmanisi, Georgia
CladesHomo · Hominidae
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References
- A Complete Skull from Dmanisi, Georgia, and the Evolutionary Biology of Early HomoLordkipanidze, D.; Ponce de León, M.S.; Margvelashvili, A.; Rak, Y.; Rightmire, G.P.; Vekua, A.; Zollikofer, C.P.E. · 2013 · DOI 10.1126/science.1238484