Out of Africa I in the context of "Dmanisi historic site"

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⭐ Core Definition: Out of Africa I

Several expansions of populations of archaic humans (genus Homo) out of Africa and throughout Eurasia took place in the course of the Lower Paleolithic, and into the beginning Middle Paleolithic, between about 2.1 million and 0.2 million years ago (Ma).These expansions are collectively known as Out of Africa I, in contrast to the expansion of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) into Eurasia, which may have begun shortly after 0.2 million years ago (known in this context as "Out of Africa II").

The earliest presence of Homo (or indeed any hominin) outside of Africa dates to close to 2 million years ago.A 2018 study identified possible hominin presence at Shangchen, central China, as early as 2.12 Ma based onmagnetostratigraphic dating of the lowest layer containing what may possibly be stone artefacts.The oldest known human skeletal remains outside of Africa are from Dmanisi, Georgia (Dmanisi skull 4), and are dated to 1.8 Ma. These remains are classified as Homo erectus georgicus.

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πŸ‘‰ Out of Africa I in the context of Dmanisi historic site

The Dmanisi historic site (Georgian: αƒ“αƒ›αƒαƒœαƒ˜αƒ‘αƒ˜αƒ‘ αƒœαƒαƒ₯αƒαƒšαƒαƒ₯αƒαƒ αƒ˜, romanized: dmanisis nakalakari, literally, "the ruined/former town of Dmanisi") is a historic and archaeological site in Georgia, located north of the village of Patara Dmanisi, Dmanisi Municipality, in south-central region of Kvemo Kartli, some 85 km (53 miles) southwest of Tbilisi, Georgia's capital.

Perched on a promontory at the confluence of the Mashavera and Pinezauri rivers, the site is an open-air museum, containing the early medieval Dmanisi Sioni cathedral and the ruins of one of the most important towns and commercial centres in medieval Georgia, with fortifications, churches, Muslim and Christian cemeteries, bathhouses, and workshops. A palaeoarchaeological site at Dmanisi, unearthed under the medieval layers, has yielded a set of hominin fossils, dated to approximately 1.85Β toΒ 1.75 million years ago, one of the earliest unequivocal evidence for presence of the genus Homo outside the African continent.

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Out of Africa I in the context of Levantine corridor

The Levantine corridor is the relatively narrow strip in Western Asia, between the Mediterranean Sea to the northwest and deserts to the southeast, which connects Africa to Eurasia. It is the western part of the Fertile Crescent, the eastern part of the latter being Mesopotamia. This corridor is a land route of migrations of animals between Eurasia and Africa. In particular, it is believed that early hominins spread from Africa to Eurasia via the Levantine corridor and Horn of Africa. The corridor is named after the Levant.

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Homo erectus → Neanderthal → Human → Out of Africa II → Before present → Archaic humans → Homo → Lower Paleolithic → Middle Paleolithic → Early modern human → Recent African origin of modern humans → Hominini → Shangchen → Magnetostratigraphy → Dmanisi → Georgia (country) → Dmanisi skull 4 → Homo erectus georgicus →