Comments on: Dmanisi’s Paleoanthropological Importance http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/ Beyond bones & stones Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:33:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: importance of olduvai gorge to anthropology http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-10687 importance of olduvai gorge to anthropology Sun, 04 May 2008 12:40:50 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-10687 [...] the importance of the Dmanisi ... to other dated sites, most notably olduvai gorge in Tanzania. ...http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/Olduvai TheoryThe Road to the olduvai Gorge. Richard C. Duncan * May 2001 ... in electrical [...] [...] the importance of the Dmanisi … to other dated sites, most notably olduvai gorge in Tanzania. …http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/Olduvai TheoryThe Road to the olduvai Gorge. Richard C. Duncan * May 2001 … in electrical [...]

]]> By: Kambiz Kamrani http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4522 Kambiz Kamrani Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:46:37 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4522 Wow, Arch Asa, what a crazy story. That's awesome to hear you were part of the project but at the same time it sucks to hear you just barely missed finding the first Dmanisi skull. I've got a similar story to yours and know how it feels when you miss the boat on an interesting find. Thanks so much for sharing your story, though! Wow, Arch Asa, what a crazy story. That’s awesome to hear you were part of the project but at the same time it sucks to hear you just barely missed finding the first Dmanisi skull.

I’ve got a similar story to yours and know how it feels when you miss the boat on an interesting find. Thanks so much for sharing your story, though!

]]> By: Arch Asa http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4462 Arch Asa Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:58:53 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4462 I had the great fortune - and frustration! - to be part of some of the earliest excavations at Dmanisi after the initial find of the mandibula. This was before the whole thing took off exponentially, and me and my friend were there as volunteer osteologists. A remarkable place and landscape in itself, the site was just a 4x4 metre shaft. Our excavation was slow, as it should be, but hampered by infighting and political manouvering between georgian and german archaeologists. After a couple of weeks we had to stop excavate until it was all sorted out. A year or so later, some 10cm below the very spot where I was placed to excavate, the fist skull was found. Bitter? No, just resigned to the fact that I will never be the next Don Johanson... I am happy that the excavations continued at least, and that this poorly known region between Europe and Asia will receive some press that has nothing to do with conflict or fighting. It is one of the most beautiful and fascinating countries I have ever had the fortune to visit. I had the great fortune – and frustration! – to be part of some of the earliest excavations at Dmanisi after the initial find of the mandibula. This was before the whole thing took off exponentially, and me and my friend were there as volunteer osteologists. A remarkable place and landscape in itself, the site was just a 4×4 metre shaft. Our excavation was slow, as it should be, but hampered by infighting and political manouvering between georgian and german archaeologists. After a couple of weeks we had to stop excavate until it was all sorted out. A year or so later, some 10cm below the very spot where I was placed to excavate, the fist skull was found. Bitter? No, just resigned to the fact that I will never be the next Don Johanson…

I am happy that the excavations continued at least, and that this poorly known region between Europe and Asia will receive some press that has nothing to do with conflict or fighting. It is one of the most beautiful and fascinating countries I have ever had the fortune to visit.

]]> By: Four Stone Hearth volume 24 « _Paddy K_ http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4446 Four Stone Hearth volume 24 « _Paddy K_ Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:34:40 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4446 [...] brings us 2 articles on the Dmanisi fossil specimens: this one and this other one. Lots of fine images of bones and teeth, if that is your thing. And if you have [...] [...] brings us 2 articles on the Dmanisi fossil specimens: this one and this other one. Lots of fine images of bones and teeth, if that is your thing. And if you have [...]

]]> By: Kambiz Kamrani http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4291 Kambiz Kamrani Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:09:07 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4291 That, John, was a typo. In my mind I meant to write out segue, but I wrote <a href="http://segway.com/" rel="nofollow">segway</a>. Thanks for catching that. That, John, was a typo. In my mind I meant to write out segue, but I wrote segway. Thanks for catching that.

]]> By: John Scanlon http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4280 John Scanlon Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:33:47 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4280 "segway"?! Is that a deliberate re-spelling of "segue", or just a word you haven't seen written before? “segway”?! Is that a deliberate re-spelling of “segue”, or just a word you haven’t seen written before?

]]> By: mythusmage http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4269 mythusmage Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:25:58 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4269 Interesting. The Dmanasi population could be a late survivor of the ancestor of <em>Homo erectus</em> or an <em>erectus</em> offshoot. What comparisons have been done with <em>H. habilis</em> and <em>H. floresiensis</em>? Interesting. The Dmanasi population could be a late survivor of the ancestor of Homo erectus or an erectus offshoot.

What comparisons have been done with H. habilis and H. floresiensis?

]]> By: Early Homo Postcranial Fossils from Dmanisi « Anthropology.net http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4263 Early Homo Postcranial Fossils from Dmanisi « Anthropology.net Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:53:49 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4263 [...] Links Dmanisi’s Paleoanthropological Importance [...] [...] Links Dmanisi’s Paleoanthropological Importance [...]

]]> By: Kambiz Kamrani http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4253 Kambiz Kamrani Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:23:28 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4253 Hey Bram, Thanks for catching that, I've corrected it. I appreciate the help! Kambiz Hey Bram,

Thanks for catching that, I’ve corrected it. I appreciate the help!

Kambiz

]]> By: Bram http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4248 Bram Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:05:19 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/09/19/dmanisis-paleoanthropological-importance/#comment-4248 Ahm, the toothless skull is numbered D3444. It's the fourth skull that has been found. D2700, the third skull, is the skull of a teenager, with it's dentition mostly intact. By the way, a fifth skull has also been found. Ahm, the toothless skull is numbered D3444. It’s the fourth skull that has been found. D2700, the third skull, is the skull of a teenager, with it’s dentition mostly intact.

By the way, a fifth skull has also been found.

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